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Chapter 20 – Overview of Landslide Occurrences in Kenya: Causes, Mitigation, and Challenges
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Natural disasters disrupt people's lives through displacements, destruction of livelihoods and property, deaths, and injuries. Consequently, they take back years of development, thus posing a major challenge to the achievement ...
Land use and land cover changes analysis: Linking local communities to land use and land cover changes using participatory geographic information systems (PGIS)..
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Land use and land cover changes are important processes that influence the dynamics of human-wildlife conflicts. Effective management of human-wildlife conflicts requires the participation of local communities and other ...
An Evaluation Of Acute Pain Management On Postoperative Patients In Surgical, Obstetrics And Private Wing Wards In Kenyatta National Hospital (knh)
(University of Nairobi, 2013-06)
Despite major advances in the knowledge and development of efficient techniques
for pain control, many patients still suffer from modest to severe pain following
surgery. Indeed,a pain audit conducted at KNH (2006) ...
Speaking Up and Talking Back? Media, Empowerment and Civic Engagement of African Youth : Yearbook 2012/2013 of The International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media. NORDICOM and UNESCO: University of Gothenburg
(2013)
The book questions whether and how young citizens in Africa engage with media and communications technologies and platforms in a desire to be included in the change processes of their societies. The theme echoes some of ...
The effect of geographical region of birth on the reproductive performance of the Nguni in southern Mozambique
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
The objective of this study was to assess the effect of place of birth on the reproductive performance of two Nguni ecotypes (Nguni and Landim) raised in a sub-tropical environment to enhance strategies for livestock ...
A GA/IPSO based approach for System loss reduction and Voltage profile improvement Employing arithmetic Crossover and mutation.
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Reduction of system losses and improvement of voltage profile is one of the key aspects in power system
operation. Though many methods are used to achieve this aspect, Distributed Generation (DG) has found
increased usage ...
Water Resources
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Fresh water is one of the basic necessities without which human beings cannot survive since water is key to the sustainability of all kinds of lifeforms. Water has multiple uses namely; nutritional, domestic, recreational, ...
Adoption of total productive maintenance practices by food processing firms in Kilifi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
The purpose of the study was to establish the adoption of total productive maintenance in
the food processing firms in Kilifi County as well as to determine the factors influencing
implementation of total productive ...
Recognizing the magnitude of alcoholism in the country, the Kenyan Parliament enacted the Alcoholic Drinks Control Act of 2010, in an attempt to bring sanity in the Alcohol sector. Nevertheless, the regulation of alcohol consumption may highly affect the socio-economic welfare of bar owners and patrons in various ways. This study therefore sought to establish the effect of Mututho law on the socio-economic welfare of bar owners and patrons in Nyeri County their physical health; family relations; livelihoods and employment status. The research study used a descriptive research design. The target population comprised of bar owners and patrons in the 6 constituencies of Nyeri County which include Tetu, Kieni, Mathira, Othaya, Mukurwe-ini and Nyeri town. Stratified random sampling and snow ball sampling were used to select 31 bar owners and 93 patrons respectively. The study used questionnaires, interview guide and observation guide to collect data. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze quantitative data with the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Content analysis was used to analyze data that was qualitative in nature. Data was then displayed by use of bar charts, graphs and pie charts and in prose-form. From the findings, the study established that the health of both parties in the alcohol industries (patrons and bar owners) in Nyeri County has improved considerably since implementation of the Mututho law. This has been aided by the reduced hours of work for bar owners and reduced drinking hours for patrons. The study also established that most of the patrons and bar owners lived in the same compound with their immediate families and reduced working hours or drinking hours for the patrons improved relationship quality with spouse and children to a great extent. It was also found that Mututho law led to a decrease in the profitability of bar businesses. Further, the study found that reduced alcohol consumption by patrons improve employee’s xii
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Kenya’s economy has for a long time relied on rain-fed agriculture which is however possible on
arable land which constitutes only 20% of land cover, the remaining 80% being semi-arid in
nature. There are several rivers ...
Ukuzaji wa Kiswahili: Dhima na majukumu ya asasi mbalimbali
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)