Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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The state and the management of international drainage basins in Africa
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Growth and barriers to growth among Nairobi's small and medium-sized garment producers
(1997)Few of Nairobi's small and medium-sized garment enterprises actually grow. Understanding why this should be so requires recognition both of their common problems and of the variations in their organization and market ... -
An Assessment of the Informal Sector Trade in Kenya
(School of Economics, 2012)This study assesses the nature and practice of cross-border trade in Kenya with a view to filling the information gap on its patterns and key characteristics, a gap that has hitherto acted to hinder effective policy ... -
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Food Insecurity and Poverty in Kenya
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2011)Poor and hungry populations are less resilient to stress and disasters and rely a great deal on the natural environment, as they lack the capacity and the resources required to recover from disasters. The current projected ... -
Determinants of poverty: lessons from Kenya
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2008)Poverty and food security are twin concerns of Kenya in a manner similar to many affected developing countries. It is characterized by the inability of the affected households in the country to acquire and retain sustainable ... -
Publicizing the Private: Femini st Locution in Taarab Songs and performance
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2008)Scholars have for long deliberated and debated what is truly public and private in the articulation of feminist agendas in the world of Kiswahili artistic compositions. This is true for the various written literary texts ... -
The Developmental Impact of Asian Drivers on Kenya with Emphasis on Textiles and Clothing Manufacturing
(Institute for Development Studies, University of NairobiOECD Development Centre, France, 2009)Kenya has enjoyed a relatively diversified economy (at least by SSA standards), with light manufacturing industries in particular playing a significant growing role. The rise of Asian competition (locally, regionally and ... -
The Magnitude of poverty among female headed households in Yathui and Central Division, Machakos District, Kenya
(University of Science and Technology (MMUST)Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Kenya.Department of Sociology, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2013)This article examines the effects of education on the magnitude of poverty among female-headed households in Yathui and Central Divisions of Machakos District, Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive and cross-sectional ... -
Employment and Migration Perspectives in Africa
(University of NairobiInstitute For Development Studies, 2001)A clear dichotonomy exists between urban and rural areas, but literature shows that links between these areas are an important feature in developing countries. Any index of the application of development points to the ... -
Discourse connectivity:the case of Lubukusu
(Department of Linguistics, University of Nairobi, 2007)Discourse connectivity, according to those who propose discourse and text grammars and leaning towards the code model (Harris 1952, Longacre 1983, Dooley and Levinsohn 2000), say it is a purely linguistic matter. However, ... -
The Politics of Policy Reforms in Kenya’s Dairy Sector
(2008)Febuary 2008 Recent reforms of Kenya’s dairy sector have been hailed as a long-term success story. This paper discusses the strengths and limits of Kenya’s dairy sector reforms and identifies some lessons to be drawn from ... -
Advanced english structure
(Department of Linguistics, University of Nairobi, 2011)At what point does language structure become advanced? This is a legitimate question since language necessarily is a very advanced concept of human beings. Moreover, having taken years learning language as a student is an ... -
Heavy metal and associated antibiotic resistance of fecal coliforms, fecal streptococci and pathogens isolated from wastewaters of abattoirs in Nairobi, Kenya
(2013)Objective: The pollution of the environment with toxic heavy metals is increasing globally with industrial progress. Microorganisms can be good bio-accumulators of particulate and soluble forms of heavy metals and ... -
An inequality perspective of education structure and performance in Kenya - University of Nairobi Enterprises and Services Limited
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Political Science and Public Administration, 2011)Education is an important determinant of individuals’ income, health as well as the capacity to interact and communicate with others. In spite of this view, there is considerable evidence of inequalities of opportunity in ... -
Incorporation into the Market Economy and Food Security among the Gusii: Paradise Lost or Paradise Gained?
(Institute of development Studies, University of Nairobi, 2008)This article loOks at the Gusii's movement into the market economy and its impact on the region's food security. The primary aim is to capture shfls in the Gusii 's food security position vis-à-vis incorporation into the ... -
Immigrants' And Refugees' Unmet Reproductive Health Demands In Botswana: Perceptions Of Public Healthcare Providers
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2009)Background: The healthcare of Batswana (citizens of Botswana) as indicated in the country’s Vision 2016 is one of the top priorities of the government of Botswana, yet Botswana’s National Health Policy, the Immigration ... -
Audience
(School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Nairobi, 2010)MEDEVA TV My Constitution This is a pioneering series of short dramatized films in Kenyan Sign Language educating the deaf community on the contents of Kenya’s new constitution. These films were produced in conjunction ... -
A comparative study of the representation of womanhood in local and foreign television soap operas in Kenya
(School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Nairobi, 2014)This study seeks to explore the representation of the female gender in soap operas. It is a comparative study and hence will look at five soap operas purposively selected for their geographical orientation. The soaps are; ... -
People
(Department of sociology, 1991)
