Browsing Lectures and Speeches by Title
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The dynamic interplay between man, health, and medicines: A historical perspective
(Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, University of Nairobi, 1996-07) -
Education and National Development: Reflections from an American perspective during a period of global reassessment
(University of Nairobi, 1972) -
The engineer in road building: the Kenyan perspective
(Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nairobi, 1989) -
The Engineers and the Environment
(26-02-81) -
Environmental degradation and pollution: let us reverse the trends
(09-09-04)Degradation of land and ecosystem results in loss of productivity. The paper reviews impacts and possible trends of degradation and pollution with regard to land and ecosystems, water and sanitaion, soil waste, chemicals, ... -
Executive Director, UN-HABITAT public lecture at the University of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2011-11-08) -
Fallacies of Equality and Inequality : Multiple Exclusions in Law and Legal Discourses
(Department of Law, School of Law, University of Nairobi, 2013)Equality - the assertion that human beings are equal and have equal rights - is a core tenet in rights' discourses. Equality is pegged on rights or entiitlements that all human beings and sovereign states have. Legal rights ... -
Formal monogamy and informal polygyny in parallel
(04-10-07)The task of this inaugural lecture is to identify some of the defining features of the traditional African family system, speak to their continuing transition, examine the factors contributing to these trends and highlight ... -
From rope-stretchers to E-Mapping: the story of the discipline of surveying
(University of Nairoibi Press, 26-05-06)The author presents a broad scope of the discipline of surveying, covering its philosophical foundations, its development over the years, its future directions, and its position in the University of Nairobi. -
Geophysics in tropical Africa
(11-05-78)The author examines the scope of geophysics and covers the study of the physical properties of the earth, including its interior and its atmosphere. He also explain why geophysics is a very relevant and practically useful ... -
Georgraphy and African development
(Department of Geography, University of Nairobi,, 1968) -
The growth of a literary tradition in East Africa
(University of Nairobi, 19-06-03)The concern for a literary tradition in East Africa is an old one. It is tied to the attempts by East African Men of Letters to liberate the African aesthetic. For a long time what held sway here was the Great Tradition. The ... -
The growth of a literary tradition in East Africa
(University of Nairobi,Department of Linguistics and Literature, 19-05-03) -
Herbal medicines: Do they really work
(Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, University of Nairobi, 2012-03)