University of Nairobi Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Decision Making Approaches and Operational Performance of Large Manufacturing Firms in Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The decision-making processes and operational effectiveness of large industrial enterprises in Nairobi County were the main subjects of this study. The study's goals were to iassess ithe iextent ito iwhich large manufacturing ... -
Distribution and Genetic Diversity of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus, Associated Whitefly Vectors and the Response of Selected Tomato Varieties to the Virus
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is an important fruiting vegetable cultivated worldwide because of it’s commercial and high nutritional value. In Kenya, tomato is predominantly cultivated by small scale farmers but its ... -
Effect of Financial Technology on Financial Deepening in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The importance of financial deepening cannot be over emphasized due to its contribution to economic development. Financial deepening enhances the mobilization, pooling, and channeling of the saving into a productive capital ... -
A Stylistic Analysis of Foregrounding in Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba’s Public Speeches
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The present study attempts to analyse the rhetorical devices, personal pronouns (subjective) and the sentence types (according to functions) which Lumumba has used as stylistic devices to foreground his work. The analysis ... -
Fundamental Properties of N-power Operators and Their Characterization
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The project will study class of n-power operators and their properties. The study will focus n-power normal operators, n-power hyponormal operators,npower posinormal operators,n-power quasi-normal operators and n-power ... -
Effects of Savings Mobilization on Financial Performance of Saccos in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This study's goal was to determine how consumer behavior in form of savings mobilization affected the financial performance of SACCOs in Kenya. The study was of great importance, since SACCOs contribute greatly to a ... -
Assessment of the Energy Efficiency Programmes Within the Internal Operations of Nairobi City County Government ,a Case Study of CBD Region
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The aim of the research was to look into how socioeconomic influences affect students' educational achievements in the public secondary schools in the Dagoretti South sub-county. The study's objectives were to find any ... -
Environmental Migrants: A Case Study Of Refugees In Dadaab Camps
(University of Nairobi, 2022)In a time of rapid Environmental Changes, this project focuses on the problem of bridging the widening disparity between universal human rights and the changing face of migration. Environmental change continuously displaces ... -
Effect Of Operational Risk On Financial Performance Of General Insurance Firms In Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The study sought to determine effect of OR on FP of general insurance firms in Nairobi, Kenya. Descriptive survey design was adopted targeting 40 general insurance firms in Nairobi and census was used. Secondary data was ... -
The Effect Of Motivation On Employee Turnover In The Private Education Sector In Kenya: A Case Of Aga Khan Schools
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This study’s objective is to examine how motivation affects employees’ turnover within the private education sector in Kenya, with specific reference to the Aga Khan schools. Specifically, the study aimed to achieve the ... -
Procurement Governance, Integrative Supply Chain Technology, Procurement Performance And Service Delivery At State Ministries, Departments And Agencies In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Corruption and financial impropriety have been a topical issue in Kenya for the last two decades. There have been several reports by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission and the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority ... -
Resolving Land Conflict To Ensure Sustainable Resource Use
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Land is a conflict-ridden environmental resource whereas land issues have remained contentious in Kenya. These given land conflicts have the potential of affecting sustainable resource use. This research therefore focused ... -
Business Process Standardization And Operational Performance Of Large Manufacturing Firms In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Companies can only remain competitive and ensure survival in the current market environment if they adopt efficient mechanisms and operations. This would be achieved through standardizing business processes. The general ... -
Relationship Between Loan Characteristics And Credit Risk Among Commercial Banks In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)In the banking industry in Kenya, some of the commercial banks like Consolidated Bank and Development Bank of Kenya are facing financial issues that have been attributed to interplay of a complex of factors credit risk ... -
Outsourcing Strategies And Competitive Advantage Of Hotels In Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Outsourcing is the procedure of engaging external organizations for service formerly executed by internal employees. This has been in practice for quite a while, and a lion's share of it is concentrated on achieving ... -
Exploring The Effects Of Terrorism On The Education Of Children In Daadab Refugee Camps
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This study examined the effects of terrorism on education in Dadaab Refugee Camps in the northeastern part of Kenya. Specifically, the study explored the impact of terrorism on secondary school students' behaviour, ... -
The University Of Nairobi Audit Of Visual Outcome Of Cataract Surgery In Garissa General Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2022)STUDY BACKGROUND: Cataract is the opacification of the natural lens that focusses light on to the retina. It is the leading cause of blindness world-wide. Cataract blindness is reversible by surgery that involves extraction ... -
Combination Of Phages And Antibiotic Therapy To Control And Revert Antimicrobial Resistance Of Salmonella Enteritidis Isolated From Poultry Farms In Kiambu And Nairobi Counties, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Multi-drug resistant (MDR) Salmonella enterica Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) is an important cause of food-related illness globally. MDR Salmonella infections have complicated the current chemotherapeutic options. Bacteriophages ... -
Effect Of Fraud Risk On Profitability Of Motor Vehicle Insurance Firms In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The motor vehicle insurance subsector in Kenya has been experiencing reduction in their profitability levels. The sector has also experienced increased fraud cases that have led to the increased claims with the subsector ... -
Indigenous Entrepreneurship, Post-Conflict Reconstruction And Globalization Dynamics On Economic Development: A Case Of The Micro And Small Livestock Enterprises In Turkana County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Potential entrepreneurs are required to have an entrepreneurial mind-set that enables opportunity recognition and perceive entrepreneurial activities as both desirable and feasible. Micro and small livestock enterprises ...
