Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Uptake of task shifting as a community strategy in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013-05)The objective of the study was to evaluate the uptake of task shifting as a community strategy in Kenya. This study adopted qualitative data collection methods in three different contexts; peri-urban, rural and arid Kenya. ... -
Uptake of community health strategy on service delivery and utilization in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013-08)Great Lakes University of Kisumu developed and tested a Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) model to facilitate the uptake of essential health services towards Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The model focused ... -
Factors influencing work attitude among ‘y’ generation (a case of Africa Nazarene University
(University of Nairobi, 2014-06)There are three generations active in the work force today that include Baby Boomers (born before 1950), Generation X (born between 1950s and 1980s) and Generation Y (born in the late 1980s to 2000). These generations ... -
The Ethnic Hate Speech was Networked: What Social Media Online Political Discussions Reveal about the 2013 General Elections in Kenya
(2013)This chapter examines if the increased political discussions on social media especially Twitter and Face Book before and after the March 4th, 2013 general elections in Kenya translated to a more robust Alternative Public ... -
A grounded theory study for antenatal care in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013-08)The purpose of the study was to analyze nurse–client interaction processes in rural health facilities. This was an inductive, qualitative, grounded theory study. Constant comparative analysis of data was used to generate ... -
Testing the Marshall–Lerner Condition in Kenya
(2014)In this paper we examine the Marshall–Lerner (ML) condition for the Kenyan economy. In particular, we use quarterly data on the log of real exchange rates, export/import ratio and relative (US) income for the time period ... -
Factor influencing mobile number portability (MNP) in Kenya: the case of Africa Nazarene university.
(University of Nairobi, 2013)The much awaited mobile number portability took effects in Kenya on April 1st 2011. The objective of porting was to accord consumers flexibility of shifting from one service provider to another without worrying of loosing ... -
Persistence, long memory and seasonality in Kenyan tourism series
(2014)This article investigates the statistical properties of the total number of arrivals and departures in Kenya for the time period 1975Q1–2011Q4 by looking at the degree of persistence of the series. We use long range ... -
Virtue Ethics in Marketing FMCGs in East African Common Market
(2014)The existing disparities in ethical standards of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCGs) in East AfricanCountries (EAC) and the ethical difficulties in distribution, is underpinned by little understanding of our ethical needs ... -
Diaspora Nationals and Their Role in Promoting International Business: A Case of Kenyans in Dispora.
(2014)Nationals in diaspora from any country are a national resource that needs to be harnessed. Tremendous contributions to the national economies have been made by diaspora Nigerians, Tanzanians, Indians, Kenyans, Rwandans, ... -
The development and practice of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)This paper provides an analytical description of the emerging Kenyan Strategic Environmental assessment (SEA) system as an example from Sub - Sahara Africa, focusing on its form, purposes and implementation. Three feature s ... -
Media as the main choice for sex education amongst the youth: the case of radio in Nairobi, Kenya
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The effect of capital structure on the financial performance of small and medium enterprises in Thika sub-county, Kenya
(2015)Whether the capital structure of a firm should have some effect on the financial performance of small and mediumenterprises is a matter for empirical determination. The objective of this study was to determine the effect ... -
Special issue of nomadic peoples on securing the land and resource rights of pastoral peoples in east Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The land question in many African countries has geographical, political, economic, social and demographic nuances. These factors color land and resource rights for pastoral and forest dwelling communities. Land as property ... -
I want it and i want it now: women and land in Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2014)In Africa, as elsewhere, land rights have remained a bastion of male power and privilege. Since land is a fundamental resource for improving living conditions and economic empowerment, the lack of land rights for women ... -
A critical discourse analysis of funeral speeches in Kenya a case of junior Odinga’s speech
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The objective of this paper was to critically analyze the political undertones and the socioeconomic allusions in the funeral speeches in Kenya with a case study of a speech delivered by Junior Odinga during the requiem ... -
The tension between ethics and ethnicity: Examining journalists’ ethical decision-making at the Nation Media Group in Kenya
(2014)This article analyses how ethnicity influences the ethical decisions of journalists at the Nation Media Group (NMG) in Kenya. Ethnic identity is regarded as one of the key factors that shape the political beliefs of Kenyans ... -
A clash between journalistic and capitalist values? How advertisers meddle in journalists' decisions at the Nation Media Group in Kenya
(2014)This article seeks to examine how advertisers meddle in journalists’ ethical decisions at the Nation Media Group (NMG) in Kenya. Grounded in the critical political economy of the media tradition, it is argued in the article ...
