Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Appropriate Style and Technical Competence
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Late-onset Visual Loss in Osteopetrosis.
(Department of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, 2011-08)Late-onset visual loss is a complication of nerve entrapment and increased intracranial pressure. We hereby describe the first case in Eastern Africa. A 23 year-old lady presented with sudden blindness, headaches and body ... -
Prerequisites for Effective Dialogue Involving Religion and Culture
(Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 2011) -
Ngugi and the National Language Issues
(Department of Literature, 1979) -
Justice, Participation and Sustainability as Prerequisites for Peaceful Coexistence
(Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 2012) -
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Protecting Archaeological Heritage in Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of Arts, 2010)No Abstract -
Measuring solar radiation transmission in tropical agriculture using tube solarimeters; a warning
(Department of Geography, University of NairobiDepartment of Meteorology, Wageningen Agricultural University, NetherlandsDepartment of Botany, University of NairobiDepartment of Physics, University of NairobiDepartment of Physics, University of Dar es Salaam,, 1997)In Kenya, the ratio of the output of north-south (N-S) mounted tube solarimeters (TSLs) to that of dome solarimeters and an east-west (E-W) mounted TSL confirmed large divergences of the N-S mounted instrument around solar ... -
The development of Patterns of Kinship Nomenclature
(University of NairobiDeprtment of Philosophy, 1957) -
Simply Obtained Global Radiation, Soil Temperature and SoilMoisture in an Alley Cropping System in Semi-Arid Kenya
(Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, 2000)Global radiation, soil temperature and soil moisture data were obtained from a 4–6 year old Cassia siamea/maize (CM) alley cropping (or hedgerow intercropping) system, at a semi-arid site at Machakos, Kenya, in the late ... -
The Empowerment of Women in Museveni's Uganda: Who Benefits?
(University of NairobiInstitute of African Studies, 2009)The article discusses the contribution of women to the National Resistance Army (NRA) in Uganda and how the NRA was also using women for legitimacy reasons. It has been seen that elite women have benefited more than ordinary ... -
State-Civil Society Partnership in Poverty Reduction in Uganda
(University of NairobiInstitute of African Studies, 2010)The growing partnerships between the state and civil society organizations (CSOs) in the development process of aid-dependent states are largely explained by the New Policy Agenda, which put emphasis on a minimalist state ... -
The Paradox of Pursuing Anti-poverty Strategies under Structural Adjustment Reforms in Uganda
(University of NairobiDepartment of Political Science and Public Administration, 2002) -
Pitfalls of Decentralization Reforms in Transitional Societies: The Case of Uganda
(University of NairobiInstitute of African Studies, 2008)Decentralization reforms are in essence necessary if they have genuine democratic objectives of empowering the people to make local-level governance efficient and effective. As the experience of Uganda reveals, donor-driven ... -
Unfulfilled promises? NGOs' micro-credit programmes and poverty reduction in Uganda
(University of NairobiInstitute of African Studies, 2005) -
Press freedom and Political development in Africa
(University of NairobiDepartment of political Science, 1994)The primary purpose of this paper is to critically analyze the importance of a free press (print and electronic media ) in the political economy of the sub-Saharan African region. The paper argues that a free press is ... -
Money and Power in Uganda's 1996 Elections
(University of NairobiDepartment of political Science, 1997)Though Uganda's 1996 election appeared satisfactory, this was only inform; the intriguing influence of money, material considerations, and deliberate use of the power of incumbency to influence ... -
A Genealogical Analysis of the Criminal Justice System in Kenya: Rebirth of Restorative Justice for Juveniles?
(University of NairobiDepartment of Commercial Law, 2009)This thesis explores restorative justice practices as a modality of intervention in juvenile crime in Kenya. To analyse current restorative justice practices, the thesis adopts the Foucauldian concept of genealogy and ... -
Some issues of theory in the study of tenure relations in African agriculture
(Population Studies and Research Institute, 1989-01)What has become known as ‘the African agrarian crisis’ is an extremely complex phenomenon. This much is clear from the fact that, despite the very considerable amount of literature which has been accumulated on the subject ... -
Agro-biodiversity and international law - a conceptual framework
(OxfordDepartment of Private Law, University of Nairobi, 1999)This paper lays out the international legal framework currently governing agro-biodiversity management which emphasises private property rights and thus provides incentives for the private sector to participate in agriculture. ...