Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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“Hopelessness In Lenrie Peters’ ‘In The Beginning
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)In the beginning” is the first line of “45” one of the poems in Satellitesby Lenrie Peters.3Thisis a narrative poem that tellsa story of the closingperiodof colonialismand the inaugural years of ... -
Export Propensity and Intensity of Kenyan Manufacturing Firms:An Empirical Analysis
(2013-08)The study uses firm-level panel data from the manufacturing sector in Kenya to analyze the determinants of export propensity and intensity over the period 1992-2003. The focus of the study is on effects of total factor ... -
The work Ethic
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Electronic Journal Service
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From Research to Action: a Case Study of the Kenya National Alliance of Stree Vendors and Information Traders (KENASVIT)
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Heralding a New Dawn: Achieving Justice through effective application of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms (ADR) in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2013-11)This paper explores the possibility of efficiently accessing justice through alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. Access to justice is now well entrenched in the current constitution of Kenya 2010 (hereinafter the ... -
Use of Prosopis juliflora Seedpod as Livestock Feed Supplement in the Arid and Semi-arid Rangelands of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Trees and shrubs have provided many benefits. Currently these are disappearing in the arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya and affecting the livelihoods of pastoralist depending on livestock production. The climate change ... -
Rununu Kama Chombo Cha Uendelezaji Wa Ushairi Na Kiswahili Kwa Ujumla.
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Current food safety management systems in fresh produce exporting industry are associated with lower performance due to context riskiness
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Food processors implement differing food safety and quality assurance standards and guidelines. This may result in variable performance of the food safety management systems (FSMS) due to differences in technological ... -
The seismicity in Kenya (East Africa) for the period 1906 – 2010: A review
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Kenya has had a seismic station since 1963 as part of the World Wide Standardized Seismograph Network (WWSSN). In 1990, the University of Nairobi in collaboration with GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) started to build up a local ... -
Health techonology assessment in sub-saharan Africa; a cross-national study of Kenya and South Africa
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Socioeconomic Factors Hindering the Participation of Women in Managing Water Resources in Kajiado County , Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-02)The important role women play in water resources management has been recognized for a long time globally and in most societies, they are the ones primarily responsible f or the management of household water supply and ... -
Business Sustainability: A Need To Re-Look Environmental Practices And Initiatives.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Due to the increasing degradation of the natural business enterprises’ environmental commitment has become an important variable in most of today’s competitive business environment. This is because activities of most ... -
Analysis of Environmental Initiatives on Business Perform ance Sustainability at the Lake Naivasha Ecosystem, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Increasing degradation of the natural environment i s one of the main threats to human survival in the long term. Business enterprises’ environmental commitment has, therefore, become an important variable in most ... -
Information needs and study behaviour of non- traditional students with particular reference to university libraries in Kenya
(International Journal of Library and Information Science, 2012-09)The purpose of the study was to investigate the inf ormation needs and study behaviour of non- traditional university students, university librari es’ role in information provision, how it impacts o n the academic ... -
The Dynamics Of Religiosity And Spirituality In Kenyan Public Universities
(University of Nairobi, 2013-06)This paper examines the distinction between religiosity and spirituality which is not a new phenomenon among religious communities. It is one of the outcomes of the New Age spirituality. And, for the majority of people, ... -
Influence of employee characteristics on training outcome in Tuberculosis Vaccine Research in KEMRI/CDC, Kisumu, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Training is a critical element for every employee working in any organization and it results in outcomes that need to be evaluated so as to understand the influence of certain factors on the outcome. The purpose of this ... -
Analysis of preparedness towards adopting cloud computing technology: A case of Kenya medical Research Institute/Centres for Disease Control at the Kisia Station, Kisumu County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Cloud computing is a new term in the computing world and it signals the advent of a new computing paradigm. Adopting cloud computing as an organization wide strategy requires careful planning, creation of roadmap and ... -
The effect of tax incentives on foreign direct investments in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)FDI creates employment and acts as a vehicle of technology transfer, provides superior skills and management techniques, facilitates local firm’s access to international markets and increases product diversity. Most countries ...
