Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Factors that affect stakeholders’ participation in corporate social responsibility activities in Kenya Roads Board, Nairobi county
(University of Nairobi, 2013-07)This article examines factors that affect stake holder ’s participation in Corporate Social R esponsibility activities in Kenya Roads Bo ard, Nairobi County. The study adopted a cross - sectional survey ... -
Ethnic diversity and economic instability in Africa: interdisciplinary perspectives
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Community perspectives on accountability and transparency in the management of local authority transfer fund in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The Local Authorities Transfer Fund (LATF) is one of the funds that the Kenyan Government has decentralized to local authorities to supplement the financing of service delivery , enhance financial management ... -
Assessment of influence of deposit withdrawals and inflation rate as components of liquidity level on performance of commercial banks in Kisumu county
(University of Nairobi, 2014)In most developing countries, commercial banks are the most dominant financial institutions, with the capital market institutions playing a minimal role. The main function of commercial banks is the availing of funds ... -
Children and medicines: self-treatment of common illnesses among Luo schoolchildren in western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2000-06)In a rural area of western Kenya, primary schoolchildren's health seeking behaviour in response to common illnesses was investigated. 57 primary schoolchildren (age 11–17 years, median 13 years) were interviewed weekly ... -
Effect of school-based income generating activities on the financial performance of public secondary schools in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013-06)This study was conducted to determin e the value added by Income-Genera ting Activities (IGAs) on the financial performance of public secondary schools, in terms of asse ts, liability portfolio, and net worth. Secondary ... -
What does integration imply in choosing a unit of enumeration: enterprise, holding or individual? Does it matter? Perspectives from Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2009)Statistical integration is advanced as a means of making data meet particular needs and ad value to the whole statistical data collection and management system. At the data collection level it can produce significant ... -
The Impact of Water Sector Reforms on Women’s Access to Water Services in Lake Victoria Basin
(2014)This paper assesses whether by commercializing the provision of water services as part of water sector reforms, the government has reneged on its promise to provide water to its citizens as a basic human right. The study ... -
Metaphern Der Migration: Die Figurationen Des Reisens In Der Zeitgenössischen Deutschsprachigen Migrationsliteratur
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Resilience in the face of post-election violence in Kenya: the mediating role of social networks on well-being among older people in the Korogocho informal settlement, Nairobi.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Older people in slum settings are a vulnerable sub-group during crises, yet have received minimal attention in the development discourse. This paper examines the protective role of different types of social networks for ... -
Portrayal of people with disabilities in the print media in Kenya
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Catastrophic health expenditures in Kenya
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India’s place in Africa,s democratic transformation: sustaining the status quo or spurring progressive change?
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Compared with the immediate post-Cold War period, in the first decade of the 21st century many African states made positive strides in the direction of democratisation. During this period, a number of states in Africa ... -
Liberal democracy and the challenges of multiparty politics in Kenya and Uganda
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Motivational factors of gender, age, income, education, and family size on preference of milk packaging designs in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This study aim to establish whether there is any significance difference in consumers’ frequency of shoppers’ choice for milk packaging design given their different individual characteristics in terms of gender, age income, ... -
Effects of shoppers’ individual characteristics, price and product knowledge on shoppers purchase behavior
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of shopper’s individual characteristics, price and product knowledge (knowledge concerning processed milk) on the outcome of purchase behavior (amount of milk bought ... -
Understanding modern Korea through oral testimonies
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The story of a people’s lives can be read as the story of the place in which they live. In April 2012 I conducted research in the cities of Seoul, Gwangju, Mohyeon and surrounding areas in South Korea. I collected ... -
Woman for President? 'Alternative' future in the works of Kenyan women writers.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The article traces the emergence of ‘alternative’, positive vision of the future of African countries under the rule of female leaders in Kenyan women’s literature, using as examples three novels by Kenyan women ... -
Oral storytelling and national kinship: reflections on the oral narrative performance in the Kenya schools and colleges drama festivals
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The story, in the form of the oral narrative, has always been a communalizing genre in the traditional African setting. It then functioned as a tool that brings together not only the artist and the particular audience, ...