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The Somali conflict and its security implications to the horn of Africa Between 1990 and 2004.
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2005)This paper is set to analyze Somalia as a collapsed state between 1990 and 2004 and explore the protracted conflict situation despite diverse conflict management efforts in the relatively homogeneous community. The Somali ... -
Factors influencing performance among teaching staff in Maranda Division, Bondo District, Nyanza Province, Kenya.
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2010)Performance is an important aspect of HRM. Employees should be motivated in order to improve on their performance. Employees should therefore be provided with a sound working environment and also good pay. When employees ... -
A critical analysis of post cold war emerging dimensions of security
(2008)The main purpose of this study is to investigate the societal dimensions of security in Kenya. In achieving this objective, the study has examined the debates relating to the concept of security. The study acknowledges ... -
FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION TN KENYA A study of the effect of the Abolition of School Fees in Machakos District
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 1986)Existing evidence shows that Nairobi is experiencing a serious housing problem. The existing housing stock is wholly deficient while the existing conventional housing supply mechanisms, both private and public, are not ... -
A study of the effects of the implementation of individualised instruction in form four of the motor vehicle course in the technical secondary schools of kenya
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 1979)This research was an investigation into the implications of the introduction of individualised instruction into Form Four of the Motor Vehicle Technology course in the Technical Secondary Schools in Kenya. It included ... -
Experimental study of programmed learning among primary teacher training colleges in Kenya
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 1978)The purpose of the study was to compare the three method of presenting programmed materials to the first year student in primary teacher training colleges in Kenya , in their learning of Mathematics. The method compared ... -
Factors influencing learning at lower primary level in Machakos District
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 1979)In recent years, a great deal of concern has been voiced allover the world over the lopsided development in~education in which quality in education has fallen casualty to quantitative linear expansion. A look at educational ... -
Pre-school education and access to educational opportunities in Nairobi
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 1979)This is an exploratory study of nursery education in Nairobi. The main aim is to classify the types of nursery schools which exist and identify their social significance. Although research in the Sociology of Education has ... -
The politics of educational development in Central and Southern North Nyanza, Kenya, 1904-1939
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 1977)Analysis of the effects of local politics on education was found to De a useful framework for understanding the multidimensional forces that influenced the pattern and pace of educational development among the southern and ... -
Parental influences upon students educational and occupational aspirations
(1976)This study examines the relationships between Parents' Educational Attainment t their Occupat ional status, and students Educational and Occupational Aspirationso The data was obtained by administering a qtlestionnaire to ... -
A Parental punitive scale for the Kikuyu rural adolescents
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 1974)A Parental Punitive Scale for Kikuyu, Rural Adolesoents. This study was designed in order to construct ''A Parental Punitive Soale' for Kikuyu, rulral adolesoents. The methodused in designing and validating this soale was ... -
The Effectiveness of Kenya's monetary policy during the period 1967 -1976
(1977)Monetary policy like Fiscal policy is one of the Public interventionary measures aimed at influencing the level and pattern of economic activity so as to achieve certain desired targets. The ability of the monetary authority ... -
THE PROBATION SERVICE IN KENYA ITS ORGANISATION FUNCTIONING AND EFFECTIVENESS
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 1978)This was an exercise in testing +ho effectiveness of the Probation of Offenders in 'curing' crime. The substance of the dissertation is built on the basic assumption that crime is part of normal social behavior. Like all ... -
The Demand for an Illegal Commodity:a Case Study of Chang'aa Consumption in Nairobi's Mbotela Estate
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 1987)Economic crime is an area which has been accorded low research priority but this trend is changing due to increasing awareness of the important role played by such activities in the provision of goods and services and ... -
A comparative study of teaching with radio by trained and untrained teachers through pupil achievement
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 1982)The study attempted to compare the effectiveness of trained and untrained teachers on the utilization of instructional radio in the teaching of Health Education to Kenyan Rural Primary Schools. The effectiveness of ... -
THE IMPACT OF INTER-STATE RELATIONS ON THE USE OF THE PTA CLEARING HOUSE
(1992)African integration systems are aimed at promoting economic development through both political and economic means by bringing together of hitherto autonomous regions or countries into an integrated whole. Usually such systems ... -
Knowledge, availability and use of contraceptives in Kenya
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 1986)This thesis examines the effects of socio-economic, demographic and social setting factors on availability, accessibility and use of contraceptives by currently married fecund non-pregnant women aged 15-49 years in Kenya. It ... -
The socio-economic activities of the Arya Samaj Hindu community in Nairobi, a spiritual perspective
(1998)The objective of this study is to exam me the religious motive of the Socio-economic activities of the Arya Samaji in Nairobi. Lack of information explaining the basis of these activities has led to distrust and suspicion ... -
A diagnostic study of Kenyan children with specific language/reading disability: Dyslexia
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 1978)Reading must be regarded as a skill which by no means every child of normal intelligence can easily master, no matter how well and patiently taught. This research is concerned, not with backward readers generally, but only ...
