Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Capacity building: building human capital through enhanced science education
(University of Nairobi, 2006)The problem Africa is facing is under-development that manifests itself in terms of poverty, diseases, ignorance and many other forms.s It is regrettable to recognize and note that due to severe but an apparent lack of ... -
Influence of self-concealed psycho-social factors as predictors on the effectiveness of sexual self-disclosure during voluntary counseling and testing among university students in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06-29)Vol. 7(5), pp. 78 - 83, June, 2015 DOI: 10.5897/IJPC2015.03 16 Article Number: A5B93AB54025 ISSN 1996 - 0816 Copyright © 2015 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article http://www.academicjournals.org/I ... -
The relationship between capacity utilization and value chain performance: Evidence from Kenyan tea processing firms
(University of Nairobi, 2015-05)Tea processing firms have increasing ly recognized the role of capacit y utilization and management in the creation and maintenance of competitive advantage. This study intended to determine the link between capacity ... -
The influence of socio-cultural factors on growth of women-owned micro and small enterprises in Kitui County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07)Entrepreneurship is all over the world emerging as gainful employment and a means of helping women t o improving their economic and social status while asserting themselves in the business ... -
Do poverty dynamics explain the shift to an informal private schooling system in the wake of free public primary education in Nairobi slums?
(University of Nairobi, 2012-03)With the introduction of free primary education (FPE) in Kenya in 2003, it was expected that the burden on poor households in financing primary education would be reduced substantially. This in turn would increase enrolment ... -
Innovation in Insurance: The next Frontier
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Effect of automation of bond trading on bond market performance: the case of Nairobi securities exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2015-05-20)The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of automation of bond trading on the performance o f bond market at Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). Specif ically the study sought to determine the effect ... -
Influence of gender in the saving culture of SACCO members in Nyandarua County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07-23)Abstract: Saving is a key component in any development endeav or as it is believed to be the surest way of increa sing income and boosting productivity in an attempt to break th rough the vicious cycle of poverty. ... -
Forest Management using GIS: Case Study of Koibatek Forest Station
(2015)Since the recognition of the need to increase forest cover and reduce forest destruction and degradation, the Government has recognized the critical role of ensuring that tree cover in the country increases. -
The Cultural Dimensions of Development in Africa
(2002)This article highlights and interrogates the recent resurgence of the view, both in the academy and in international financial institutions, that African culture has been a stumbling block to development. It argues, instead, ... -
Blessed are the rich and prosperous for theirs is the Kingdom of this world:The Kenyan Challenge
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Any study on Prosperity Gospel is not only contemp orary and significant in its nature but, it is also controversial and affects large populations of people. This makes research on this important area interesting ... -
Improving customer complaining behaviour for loyalty in the services sector: A case of mobile telephone companies in Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06)Vol 9 ( 12 ), pp. 521 - 530, 28 June, 2015 DOI: 10.5897/AJBM2014.7453 Article Number: 5D192EF53790 ISSN 1993 - 8233 Copyright © 201 5 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article http://www.academi ... -
Supporting IWRM through spatial integrated assessment in the Lake Naivasha basin, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This study describes the mismatch between required knowledge and efforts by scientists and stakeholders in the Lake Naivasha basin, Kenya. In the basin, integrated water resources management (IWRM) suffers from the absence ... -
The phonology of borrowed words in Kitharaka
(University of Nairobi, 2004)One consequence of language contact is borrowing. Kitharaka, a Bantu language spoken in the Eastern Province of Kenya, has had such contact with a number of languages including Kiswahili and English. As a result, several ... -
Vowel systems of Kenyan languages
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Redundancy rules in Kiswahili
(University of Nairobi, 2004)This paper attempts to describe the sequence structure of vowel segments in Kiswahili. It proposes to establish a distinction between two main types of redundancy rules and their implications for the study of Kiswahili ... -
The influence of organizational culture and market orientation on performance of microfinance institutions in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07-22)The objective of our study is to assess the influence of organizational culture and market orientation on performance. The population of the st udy comprise microfinance institutions that are members of the Association ... -
Financial regulation in Kenya: Balancing inclusive growth with financial stability
(2014)This case study investigates the potential tradeoffs between regulations and stability of Kenya’s financial sector and their implications for inclusive growth. This is done in the context of six areas: (i) size and growth ...
