Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Microfinance Institutions and Poverty Reducton:a Case Study of Urwego Opportunity Microfinance Bank Clients in Kicukiro District, Kigali City- Rwanda
(University Of Nairobi, 2011)This project paper articulates the accomplishments and challenges of UOB Microfinance Institution in its mission to reduce poverty in Rwanda. It attempts to evaluate theories and practices that guide MFIs in dealing with ... -
Planning for Tourism Development in the Homa Bay - Kisumu Region
(University of Nairobi, 1982)This study was prompted by the low level of tourist resource utilization in the Homa Bay-Kisumu region. This is because of the lack of developed tourist resources and infrastructure which featured as the major obstacle to ... -
An Analysis of Tobacco Leaf Production: a Case Study of Kitui District
(University of Nairobi, 1989)The Kenya Government is concerned about the plight of the rural-households in the country. This is no doubt the reason why the Government has embarked on the "District-focus" for rural development. Developing the rural ... -
Inflation and Economic Growth: Evidence From Liberia
(University of Nairobi, 2009-08)This study set out to estimate the optimal level of inflation which is conducive for economic growth in Liberia and to determine and establish the direction of causality between economic growth and inflation. Using time ... -
The Community Based Rehabilitation Approach: A Case Study Of The St. John's Community Centre, Pumwani
(University of Nairobi, 2008-05)The study focused on the Community Based Rehabilitation Approach as used by the St. John's Community Centre to address the needs of its recipients in the Pumwani administrative division. As the name suggests, the Community ... -
The Land Tenure Revolution in Kenya, 1951 - 1959: Legal and Political Implications
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Strategy Practices Within Commercial Internet Services Providers (ISPs) in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2001)This study was conducted with the objective of finding out the state of strategy practices within commercial Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Kenya with a focus on those ISPs registered and operating in Nairobi. Developments ... -
Non-governmental Organizations and Food Security in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2001)This Study focused on the social dimension of food production, distribution and policies that affect food security. It set out to examine the roles of NGOs in food security with specific reference to the national food ... -
The Psychological Aspects of African Healing
(University of Nairobi, 2009)Since the advent of Christianity and colonialism in Africa, African psychological healing has been discredited. Those Africans who dare consult experts of African psychological healing are branded ''satanic'' hence they ... -
The Development of Road Transport System in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1986)The main purpose of this study is to examine the development of the road transport system of Kenya and its relationships with socio-economic components of development. Five major lines of investigation are pursued; and to ... -
Determinants of Health Seeking Behaviour Among Young Women: a Case Study of Voluntary Counselling and Hiv Testing Practice in Nairobi, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2003)In Kenya, 80 -90% of infections are among the young people aged 15 to 49 years. 60% of new HIV/AIDS infections worldwide occur among girls and young women aged 15-24 years. (AIDSCAP/FHI, 1996) Women risk becoming infected ... -
The Participation of Women in the Political-economy of Kenya: a Case Study of Bukusu Women in Bungoma District, 1902 - 1960.
(University of Nairobi, 1984)This is a local case study. Research was conducted in Bungoma District in Western Province of Kenya from November, 1981 to June 1982. The main emphasis of the study is on the participation of women in agricultural production ... -
Migration And Fertility In A Rural Area Of Kenya: The Case Of North-Western Machakos District
(University Of Nairobi, 1980)This thesis is based on data collected from a sample survey conducted in north-western Machakos district between April and May 1978 for a multidisciplinary, longitudinal population based study project of the Medical ... -
The Developaont of the Bugonda Treasury and Its Relationship With the British Protectorate Government 1900 «, 1955
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Humanitarian Intervention in African Conflicts in the Post Cold War Fra: a Critical Study of the Democratic Republic of Congo Conflict (1998 - 2005)
(University Of Nairobi, 2005)This study examines the increasingly controversial doctrine of humanitarian intervention. It opens by exploring the historical origins of the doctrine, its justification and examines the current position of international ... -
Sensitivity Patterns of Listeria Monocytogenes and Other Aerobic Bacteria in Scavenging Chickens and Ducks
(University of Nairobi, 2003)The carrier status of Listeria monocytogenes organisms in indigenous chicken and ducks may have great impact on human health because of their zoonotic nature, particularly in an environment where humans, chicken and ducks ... -
Certain Aspects Of The Ahmadtyya Movement In East Africa With Particular Reference To Its Religious Practice And The Development Of Its History And Theology In The East African Environment
(University of Nairobi, 1974)The extraordinary career of Ahmadiyyat in East Africa raises the pregnant question of its significance within the religious milieu as a whole* Behind the facade of a vigourous propagandism there is a movement that is ... -
Cash Balance Management for Firms
(University of Nairobi, 1976)The main objective of this thesis was to investigate the following:- (1) The objectives that underlie cash balance manegenent decisions made by firms in Kenya; (2) The degree to which firms in Kenya use decision rules ... -
E-governance in Rwanda: Application of ICT in the delivery of public services
(University of Nairobi, 2005)This study is an assessment of the implementation of the e-governance programme in Rwanda. The study argues that years of bad governance culminated in the 1994 genocide, a traumatic event in the country’s history. After ... -
Some Experiments With Psycho-diagnostic Techniques on School-going Children
(University of Nairobi, 1965)Six boys, intelligence above average, ages 7-11 years, middle-class or upper-middle class, living in a supposedly fashinable Lahore neighbourhood, attending European-type Urdu teaching schools, were put through six ...
