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Legal Regulation of the Prices of Petroleum Products
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Legal Responses to Intra-familial Child Sexual Abuse in Kenya: a Case for Restorative Justice
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Children are more vulnerable to victimization than adults. It is for this reason that they are more prone to all kinds of abuse including sexual abuse. Statistics show that most perpetrators of child sexual abuse are persons ... -
Legal Responses Towards Tackling Financial Crime in Kenya's Banking Sector: is It Enough?
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This study seeks to establish whether the legal and institutional framework in Kenya is sufficient for the prevention of financial crime in the banking sector. This study was motivated by the placing of three banks (Chase ... -
Legal Technicalities and the Determination of Electoral Disputes in Kenya: a Review of the Legal Framework and the Emerging Jurisprudence
(University of Nairobi, 2011)Alexander Hamilton famously stated that the judiciary is the least dangerous of the three branches of the government. I How wrong he was! The Kenyan judiciary, in particular the Supreme Court, has upset the constitutional ... -
Level of Automation and Performance of Hospitals in Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2023)The main objective of the study was to analyze the effect of level of automation on the performance of hospitals in Nairobi City County. The specific objectives of the study were to find out the level of automation of ... -
Level of Compliance to Sasra Regulations and Financial Performance of Deposit Taking Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies in Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The primary goals of deposit-taking SACCO Societies are member empowerment through the mobilization of funds, the provision of credit, and the maintenance of SACCOs' long-term viability through sound financial management. ... -
Leverage and Firm Value of Cement Manufacturing Firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The study sought to determine the relationship around financial leverage and firm value of cement manufacturing firms in Kenya. The study was based on correlational form of design. The study targeted six cement manufacturing ... -
A Lexical Pragmatic Approach to the Study of Metaphorical Expressions Used in Selected Kikamba Gospel Songs
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This study reveals the results of a research carried out on a lexical pragmatic approach on metaphorical expressions used in selected Kikamba gospel songs. The study aimed at analysing the types of metaphors used in the ... -
A Lexico-Semantic Interpretation Of Euphemisms In Kiembu- (Kīīveti Dialect)
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This is a study which was conducted on the Kīĩveti dialect of Kĩembu language. The purpose of this study was to analyze the type of politeness employed in the euphemized Kīĩveti lexical items in different social contexts. ... -
Limitations of the Current Land Laws in Addressing the Squatter Land Problem in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)The squatter issue has been a problem in Kenya since the advent of colonialism. Successive governments have not been able to adequately deal with the problem. This study explores the limitation of the current legal ... -
The Linguistic Aesthetics of Epitaphs at Lang’ata Cemetery, Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2021)This research attempts an aesthetic linguistic analysis of epitaphs found at Lang’ata cemetery, Nairobi, Kenya. It uses the Relevance Theory proposed by Sperber and Wilson (1995). The study is based on three research ... -
The Linguistic Devices of Euphemism in Kamba: a Case of Kamba Benga Music
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This research presents a relevance theoretical approach on the linguistic devices of euphemism in Kamba Benga music. The work sought to establish whether listeners of Kamba Benga music were able to interpret euphemisms ... -
The Link Between Corporate Governance Failure and the Collapse of Major Private Companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This study investigates the link between corporate governance failure and the collapse of major private companies. The study argues that, although the government has held trainings and several campaigns aimed at having ... -
The Link Between Corporate Governance Failure and the Collapse of Major Private Companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This study investigates the link between corporate governance failure and the collapse of major private companies. The study argues that, although the government has held trainings and several campaigns aimed at having ... -
The Link Between Good Governance and Election Management in Uganda: a Case Study of the Electoral Commission of Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This study examines the link between Good Governance and Election Management in Uganda. It uses the example of the Electoral Commission of Uganda to demonstrate that there is a link between good governance principles, ... -
The Link Between Poverty and the Right to Free, and Fair Elections in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This study examines the interplay between poverty and free, and fair elections in Kenya. It explores historical, the legal, and institutional framework for elections in Kenya and, a few selected election irregularities ... -
Linkage Between Labour Emigration and Household Well-being in Murang’a County in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Kenya has a net emigration rate with the main reasons for emigration being the search for jobs and education (IOM, 2018). As these migrants seek to better their lives, they also send support to their household members left ... -
Liquidity Management and Financial Performance of Deposit Taking Saccos in Kericho County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)A company’s liquidity reveals both its degree of financial autonomy against its creditors and the kind and severity of the challenges and crises it is now facing. To what extent this occurs depends on the nature of both ... -
Literatur Und Politik: Analyse Der Revolutionären Figuren in Deutschsprachigen Und Afrikabezogenen Theaterstücken
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Literature in general often combines fiction and reality. In 1935 Georg Buchner's Dantons Tod appeared. This playwright which fictionalised the French Revolution of 1789 in the years of terror which led to the death of ... -
Literatur, Frauen Und Umwelt. Ökokritische Und Ökofeministische Analysen Der Deutschen Literatur Am Beispiel Des Romans ,,falsche Himmel“ Von Liane Dirks
(University of Nairobi, 2022)In a context of excessive transformation, industrialization and modernization, humanity is tending more and more towards an ecological crisis that could lead to irreparable catastrophes. There is only one liveable planet ...