Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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The nature, economic costs and management strategies for human wildlife conflict in magadi area, South Rift, Kenya
(Department of Arts geography, 2007)This study was carried out in Magadi area which is in the northern part of Kajiado District, Rift Valley Province. The purpose was to provide a community perspective on the nature of human wildlife conflict, ... -
The development and changing perspectives of education in Ngugi Wa Thiongo's
(Faculty of Arts, 1990-07)This study is an analysis of the development of the theme of education in several of Ngugi wa Thiongo's literary works. It looks into the various changes of the author's perspectives to the subject of education that ... -
The economic burden of malaria in kenya:a household-level investigation
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts Economics, 2008)The economic impact of malaria on households and individuals is increasingly becoming a subject of considerable interest to researchers and policy makers. Available evidence indicates that malaria endemic countries stand ... -
Taswira ya asasi ya ndoa katika riwaya mbili za kiswahili: Kiu na Msimu wa vipepeo
(2008)Tasnifu hii imeshughulikia matatizo yanayowakumba wanawake katika riwaya mbili za Kiswahili ambazo ni: Kiu ya Mohamed Suleiman na Msimu wa Vipepeo ya Kyallo Wamitila. Katika sura ya kwanza, tulionyesha tatizo la utafiti, ... -
Wood fuel impact on environment in Kenya: a case of Dadaab refugee camps
(Department of Arts-Economics, 2005)The environment is impacted by activities undertaken in most countries. In developing countries, poverty has been linked to the destruction of the environment. There are many causes of environmental destruction that ... -
Points of view in Chinua Achebe's Anthills of the savannah
(2002)The study attempts to situate point of view as an overriding aspect of Chinua Achebe's Anthills of the Savannah. In doing so, it presumes that the thematic concerns in this novel are influenced by the diversity of points ... -
An estimation of the costs and efficiency of public health care facilities in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of of Economics, 2001-09)This study estimated the costs and efficiency of selected public health facilities in the provision of outpatient care in the city of Nairobi during the years 1999 and 2000. Both Secondary and primary data were used. The ... -
Organizational Climate and Performance in Sciences at Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in Public Secondary Schools in Nairobi Province
(2004)The mam purpose of the study was to investigate whether a significant relationship existed between organizational climate as perceived by teachers and performance in sciences at K.C.S.E in public secondary schools in ... -
Towards co-management of forests: A case study of collaborative local forest governance in mount kenya
(University of NairobDepartment of Sociology, 2004)This study is an examination of local forest governance system in Kenya in the form of a case study of selected forest blocks in Mount Kenya forest (see annexed map). More specifically, the study examines the various kinds ... -
New Information Communication Technologies (ICTS) in health communication interventions: perceptions and prospects of their adoption
(Faculty of Arts, 2003-11)The HIV/AIDS pandemic is recognized to be the most devastating scourge in history. As the global community begins to comprehend and acknowledge the immense impact of this monster, there is an increasing urgency to respond ... -
A synchronic study of the major phonological processes of the Lunyore and Lutachoni dialects of Luyia consonantal systems.
(2005)This thesis is a description of the morphophonology of Lunyore and Lutachoni consonantal systems using the theoretical framework of Natural Generative phonology propounded by Vennemann (1972) and developed by Joan ... -
The role of linguistic deviations in Meja Mwangi's striving for the wind
(2005)The use of one language in a text has become the "conventional" way of communication for most writers and readers. In Striving for the Wind, the interaction of three languages: Kiswahili, Kikuyu and English disrupt a ... -
Socio-economic factors that militate against tuberculosis control among the Somali community in Eastleigh section of Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Sociology, University of Nairobi, 2006)TB has remained a health challenge in developing world and has negative impact to the economic growth due to cost of treatment and many working hours wasted by the patients and supporting family members. It mainly affects ... -
An investigation of aesthetic strategies employed by Gusii oral narrators in Gusii oral narratives
(University of NairobiDepartment of Literature and Languages, 2008-08)Oral performers have not been accorded attention that is due to them. This may be an attribute of a prevalent tendency to culturally and ethnically situate oral literature research. In this study we make an effort to use ... -
A critical analysis on the impact of armed conflict on gender roles :the case of sudan (1983-2003)
(Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies, 2003)This study sets out to investigate the impact of armed conflict on gender roles by focusing on the Sudanese conflict between 1083 and 200]. The analysis seeks to understand men and women's experiences ... -
Mathematical modelling and design of a three-dimensional geodetic network for localised earth deformation
(1993)Mathematical model is , within the framework of integrated geodetic networks for localised three dimensional geodetic monitoring networks are presented. The network design aspects has also been considered. The development ... -
Attitudes of adolescent boys towards contraception in Korogocho area, Nairobi
(Department of Sociology, University of Nairobi, 2005-10)The objective of this study was to examine the attitude among adolescence boy and how this affects the use or non-use of contraception methods. The data used for this study was primarily collected from respondents in Our ... -
Determinants of health care provider choice in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of of Economics, 2004)Despite the governments' efforts to enhance good health through provision of highly subsidized or free medical care, patients have continued to respond to illnesses in diverse modalities. In Kenya, a large percentage of ... -
The Transformation of Traditional Agriculture: a Survey of Webuye Division, Bungoma District, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Anthroplogy, 1993)This study is the investigator's attempt to examine certain principal aspects of agricultural transformation in theWebuye Division of Bungoma District, a division that is dominated by smallholder subsistence cultivators. ... -
Women and health: a case study of perceptions of health and illness among Thiba women in Kirinyaga district, Kenya
(Faculty of Arts, 1995)The research on which this thesis was based meant to avail data on perceptions of health and illness among women of Thiba Location in Kirinyaga District, Kenya. These perceptions were assessed in light of socio-cultural ...
