Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Kenya Sign Language (KSL) Phonology: Articulatory Properties and Phonological Processes
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The study of phonology is concerned with the contrastive units of language whether these contrastive units are based on an audio language (like spoken languages) or a visual language (like ... -
Kenya Sign Language (KSL) Phonology: Articulatory Properties And Phonological Processes
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The study of phonology is concerned with the contrastive units of language whether these contrastive units are based on an audio language (like spoken languages) or a visual language (like ... -
The Gender Variable In The Meanings Assigned To Three English Address Terms By Teachers In Kenya
(UoN, 2018)This paper investigated the range of meanings assigned to the address terms madam, boss and my dear in English usage in Kenya, with gender as an independent variable. It started from three working hypotheses: a) both men ... -
Topic, Focus, And Word Order In The Kiswahili Clause
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The Kiswahili language has been classified as an SVO language. This paper argues that the SVO word order is dependent on the occurrence of both the subject and object overtly. When the two do not surface overtly, the word ... -
Soil Health, Sustainable Land Management and Land Degradation in Africa: Legal Options on the Need for a Specific African Soil Convention or Protocol
(University of Nairobi, 2018)This chapter explores the situation on soil health management, and the responses to land degradation in Africa, and examines whether the current multiplicity of international law instruments is sufficient or whether an ... -
Community perceptions of ecosystem services and the management of Mt. Marsabit forest in northern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Identifying and characterizing ecosystem services (ES) has been shown to have an important role in sustainable natural resource management. However, understanding communities’ perspectives is critical in determining ... -
Living But Leaving: Therapy In Light And Right Of Life And Death In Traditional-Cum-Contemporary Societies
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Dealing with death can be demanding and anxiety provoking for counselling practitioners. There is need to focus on therapeutic strategies aimed at assisting persons deal with loss and grief. This paper explores the concept ... -
Discourse On Ecumenical Implications Of Pneumatological Vital Force Towards University Students' Welfare
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An Investigation Of Blending Inculturation And Liberation Approaches Towards New Evangelization In Contemporary Africa
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Problems Faced by Today's Christian Families Among the Agikuyu in Kiambaa Sub-County, Kiambu County, Kenya
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The Parenting Environment In The Contemporary Agĩkũyũ Community Of Kenya
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Social Capital as a Coping Mechanism for Women Small Scale Traders in the Informal Economy in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Gender relations are increasingly being transformed in the informal urban economy in Kenya. Women small scale traders (WSSTs) have had to cope by neither relying on their spouses as traditionally expected nor on profit ... -
Pastoral Resilience among the Maasai Pastoralists of Laikipia County, Kenya
(MDPI, 2018-06-19)This paper addresses pastoral resilience by drawing out the coping strategies and mechanisms utilized by the Maasai Pastoralists through a food system approach, based on the study findings of an anthropological study of ... -
Costs, contracts and the narrative of prosperity: an economic analysis of smallholder tobacco farming livelihoods in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)BACKGROUND: The tobacco industry has used the alleged negative impacts on economic livelihoods for tobacco farmers as a narrative to oppose tobacco control measures in low/middle-income countries. However, rigorous ... -
Drivers of women's sanitation practices in informal settlements in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative study in Mathare Valley, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Despite evidence suggesting women are disproportionately a ff ected by the lack of adequate and safe sanitation facilities around the world, there is limited information about the factors that in fl uence women ’ s ... -
Innovation challenges encountered by small and medium enterprises in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The current business environment is characterized by tough and unpredictable competitions. All organizations, regardless of their size and scope of operation are faced with tough competition challenges and in order ... -
Factors affecting asynchronous e-learning quality in developing countries university settings
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Despite the potential of Learning Management System (LMS) supported asynchronous e-learning to improve asynchronous e-learning system quality by enhancing learning effectiveness and academic achievement of HEIs , several ... -
Influence of Urbanisation on Minimum and Maximum Temperature characteristics over Nairobi City
(Journal of Climate Change and Sustainability, 2018-04)Urban Heat Island being the most investigated aspect of urban climate is not prominently investigated in tropical African urban areas. This paper seeks to address the influence of urbanization on outdoor temperature ... -
The relationship between liquidity risk and failure of commercial banks in kenya
(Horizon Research Publishing corporation, 2018)This study sought to establish the relationship between liquidity risk and failure of commercial banks in Kenya in the years 2013 to 2016. Additionally, the study endeavoured to establish the effect of capital adequacy, ...
