Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Biomass energy consumption in dryland towns: a case study of emerging urban settlements in Kitui district
(University of NairobiDepartment of Geography and Environmental Studies, 2006-09)Globally, resource degradation is being experienced in several fronts: among them land, water, forestry, and air. The prime contributors have been industrialization, human settlement and urbanization. In Kenya human ... -
Distributed Generation of Green Electricity for Sustainable Rural Electrification: a Case Study of Tala Area in Kangundo-kenya
(University of Nairobi,Faculty of Engineering,, 1994)The electricity industry has an important role in developing a sustainable energy system, both regarding the use of electricity to improve environmental performance in society thus contributing to a better living standard ... -
The politics of public housing in Kenya: the case of National Housing Corporation of Kenya.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Government, 1998-11)This study focuses on the National Housing Corporation of Kenya (NBC), the main government body charged with implementation of low income public housing. Specifically, the Study examines the effectiveness of NHC in ... -
Towards sustainable management of urban solid waste: a study of the Nairobi city council-private sector collaboration in the management of solid waste
(Department of sociology, 2003)This project paper explores the crisis of solid waste disposal in the city of Nairobi, with the aim of finding out the status of Nairobi City Council's waste disposal services, the strategies city residents have adopted ... -
Underutilisation of internet facilities at Universities: A Case study of Jomo Kenyatta Memorial Library (JKML), University of Nairobi and United States International University Africa (USIUA) Library
(University of NairobiDepartment of Information Science, 2000-06)This dissertation is based on a study carried out at Jorno Kenyatta Memorial Library, University of Nairobi, and United States International University-Africa. The main aim of the study was to establish how internet ... -
Factors influencing content preference among youth FM radio listeners in Nairobi-case of Hope FM
(School of Journalism, University of Nairobi, 2007-11)The purpose of this study was to explore factors influencing content preference among youth FM listeners in Nairobi with particular reference to Hope FM. This study serves as a guide and a source of information to radio ... -
The motifs of dream, madness and comicry in Imbuga's plays
(University of NairobiDepartment of Literature, 1992-05)The aim of this study is to examine Imbuga's use of the motifs of dream, madness and comicry as some of the stylistic devices that illuminate his thematic concerns.The introduction gives an insight into major issues such ... -
Numerical Computation of Heat and Mass Diffusion
(1996)Channel flows depicting that of a river in which effluents are released at half the river depth and in the middle of the stream width is numerically modelled using the K-E model. The flow modelled was such that the main ... -
Public enterprises and national development
(Department of Political Science & Public Administration, University of Nairobi, 1990)This thesis seeks to address the question of the factors that account for the persistence of public enterprises in spite of continued reports on their financial mismanagement and shortfalls in overall performance. In doing ... -
A Survey of the Organization for Materials Management in the Kenyan Manufacturing Firms
(University of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, 2000-09)Materials plays a big part in the manufacturing firms as it account for about 56% of the annual turnover. This research intend to analyse the attention and recognition the Kenyan manufacturing firms are giving to the ... -
Monitoring of enviroments modified by man made radiation using film badge
(Faculty of Engineering, University of Nairobi., 2000)Measurement of the external gamma radiation was done at various radiological facilities in Nairobi using readily available field survey technique and instruments. Film badges were placed at various places where man made ... -
The role and potential of the taxi mode of transport in the city of Nairobi, Kenya: a Geographical analysis
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts Geograghy, 1995)The ever increasing role of transport in the world today led the researcher to carry out a study on taxi mode of transport in the City of Nairobi (CoN), Kenya. The framework of this research dealt with the roles and potential ... -
Design of two-dimensional finite impulse response digital filters a software implementation
(Faculty of Engineering, University of Nairobi., 1993)A Turbo-Pascal program is written to design circularly-symmetric, 2-Dimensional, finite impulse response (FIR) digital filters using the Kaiser window method. The filter specifications are given in the frequency domain ... -
The Politics of Public Enterprise Privatization: The Role of Clientelism with Special Reference to Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts, 1993)Privatization of public enterprises is increasingly becoming a topical issue in many developed and developing countries. Privatization in many developing countries, has been initiated as a donor conditionality for ... -
An assessment of the interaction between kikuyu customary marriage and Roman Catholic Church marriage
(Department of Sociology, University of Nairobi, 1998)Although the church has been growing numerically, the adherence to its teaching on marriage is lacking and this is shown by the decline in the number of people who marry in church today. Even those already married in ... -
Feeding practices among mothers of nursery school children in Usigu division, Siaya district: implications for nutritional status
(Department of Arts, 1999)This study was an exploratory survey that focused on feeding practices of nursery school children . among mothers in a rural setting. The main objective of the study was to describe the feeding practices of nursery school ... -
Properties of local pozzolanic materials for use in concrete
(Department of Structural Engineering, 1990)Pozzolanas are siliceous or siliceous and aluminous materials which will react with calcium hydroxide in the presence of moisture and at ordinary temperatures to produce cementitious products. Pozzolanas are used with ... -
Socio-economics causes of food scarcity in semi-arid areas: the case of Kibauni Location (Machakos)
(2005)This study investigates some of the social and economic factors that precipitate food shortages in semi-arid areas - the case of Kibauni location, Machakos district. The study is based on the assumption that social ... -
Karl Popper's Vision of Democracy as the Ideal Society
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts Philosophy, 1994)This work attempts to reveal and explicate Popper's Ideal Society. This is done against the backdrop of an unended quest, by social philosophers, for an Ideal Society. The study shows that unlike most past philosophers ... -
Immunization in Kenya
(1994)This thesis highlights the levels of immunization coverage by antigen in three provinces of Kenya namely: Central, Coast and Western, using the 1989 Kenya Demographic and Health survey. The survey was conducted by the ...
