Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Service Quality in Kenyan Universities: Dimensionality and Contextual Analysis
(2014)The dimensionality of service quality remains debatable with extant literature revealing divergence in thought. This study examined the dimensions of service quality and tested the existence of a significant difference ... -
Application Of Environmental Lavi Paradigm To Tame Conflict And Poverty In Natural Resource - Rich African Countries
(University of Nairobi, 2007)This presentation is prepared for a great occasion. Like most academics over fifty years of age, I have made several notable presentations, including those inaugurating specific epochs. But to me the present one is a kin ... -
Spatial Characteristics of Drought Duration and Severity in the Upper Tana Basin
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)Drought is a recurring hazard in many countries of Africa, and Kenya is thus no exception. In the majority of the countries in the continent, drought affects agriculture, since it is predominantly rain-fed and is the ... -
Application of Information and Communication Technologies for Documentation and Dissemination of Scholarly Output among Inter University Council for East Africa Member Institutions
(2013)African and other developing countries face problems of making their scholarly output widely visible and accessible. This is partly attributed to the fact that most scholarly output from this part of the world is documented ... -
Bloated wage bill: Finally, Kenya’s moment of truth
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Want to spur growth and create jobs? Pay your debts
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No Longer at ease: Evolution of the CEO
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Creating jobs in Kenya: Letter to the youth
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Drinking to death -The economics of booze
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Would empire building sort out our economy ?
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Want devolution to work? There must be incentives
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Tourism can thrive despite terrorism
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Tourism- Where are incentives for tourists?,
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Kenyans must let go obsession with status symbol
(University of Nairobi, 2014-06-10)One of the national trends among the Kenyan elite in the last decade or so is the obsession with status symbols. It might be one of the lasting legacies of 70 years of colonialism. I however find this obsession with status ... -
Kenya 2014/2015 budget: a delicate balancing act
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Manpower Development In The 21st Century: The Role Of Distance Education
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)Generally, education is considered one of the biggest instruments for development; a means for realizing social, cultural, economic and political needs and aspirations. However, in many African educational institutions ... -
We Dressed Wounds And Touched Hearts”: African Pioneering Nurses And Dressers At The Church Of Scotland Missions In Kenya, 1898-1963
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The establishment of Christian missionary stations and the spread of Christianity, Western education and medical services were possible due to concerted efforts of the White missionaries and African teachers, evangelists ... -
Colonial Vision for Rural Kenya? Case of Community Development Training at the Jeanes School, Kabete, 1945-1961
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The Establishment of Jeanes School at Kabete was from the onset a government venture to train men and women whose task was advance the colonial government hegemonic control of the population. This was done mainly through ... -
Peace And Development In Africa: Prospects And Challenges
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This paper provides a critical appraisal of continental peace and development in Africa. Since the formation of Organization of African Unity (O.A.U) in early 1960s, African states agreed to strengthen their relalationship ... -
The transfer of health information to the rural community in the developing world
(1997)The achievement of a primary health care approach calls for professional partnership. Both government and non-governmental organizations have repackaged information into various formats which are used to transfer health ...
