Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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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, ... -
Broadening access to justice in Kenya through ADR; 30 years on
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Access to justice is a core tenet of democracy and a basic Human Right. Article 48 of the Kenyan Constitution enshrines the right to justice as a fundamental right and requires that the same shall not be limited by ... -
The intersection of the self and history in Kenyan autobiographies
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Life writing has increasingly become a popular genre which calls for sustained interrogation and analysis of the narratives produced. The autobiography is not only the story of the narrating subject but can be read as ... -
Contesting public discourses on sexuality in Kenya: a reading of Kevin Mwachiro's invisible
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Journal of Science Technology Education and Management
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Health rights in the post-2015 development agenda: including non-nationals
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Legal treatment of consent in sexual offences in Kenya
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Potential economic effect of oil and gas in East African countries
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Discoveries of oil and gas in East African Countries (EAC) has attracted the attention of many MNCs and EMNCs. EAC governments of northern corridor countries have come together, not only to strengthen the Northern Corridor ... -
Analysis of hydrological drought events in the Upper Tana basin of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Drought is a major environmental hazard which has serious implications for water management and environmental protection. This is especially so when unsustainable water management, as well as predicted climate change ... -
Governance Ethics & Business: Kenyan Growing Economy at Cross-road in the 21st Century
(2015)Governance Ethics and business: Kenya at a Cross Road in the 21st Century is an intellectual investigation into what has not worked well so far despite all attributed good reasons. The author has touched on spheres of ... -
Effect of elections on stock market returns at the Nairobi securities exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Country’s politics can exert significant influence on its income distribution and prosperity hence affect the activities in a stock market as voters in democratic states elect parties which best represent their personal ... -
Determinants of financial performance of general insurance underwriters in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Good performance of financial institutions, including general insurance underwriters, is critical due to the important role that these entities play in an economy. Financial performance of general insurance underwriters ... -
The effect of corporate governance practices on earnings management of companies listed at the Nairobi securities exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The objective of the study was to establish the effect of corporate governance practices on earnings management of companies listed at the Nairobi Security Exchange. (NSE). The target population consisted of the 49 companies ... -
A synthesis of the strategic orientations and ngo legitimacy in the African economic setting
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This paper provides a synthesis of the activities, programs and services of NGOs so as to draw lines to appreciate their legitimacy and role in an African economic context. The data was collected from NGOs through a ...
