Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Engaging Customers as Stakeholders to Enhance Quality Management in Public Institutions- a Case of Kenya Power Company Use of Twitter
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This study aimed to find out how engaging stakeholders through the use of social media impacted on quality management public institutions. The study mainly focused on Kenya Power Company. Kenya Power Company operates the ... -
Codification of Duties of Directors Under the Companies Act, 2015: an Analysis of Their Clarity, Accessibility and Certainty
(University of Nairobi, 2020)There has been widespread corporate collapse in Kenya both in the private and state-owned corporations. Many of the scandals witnessed in the past have mainly been linked to poor corporate governance and weak regulatory ... -
Effect of Biometric Registration on Urban Refugee and Asylum Seeker Management in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Globally, urban refugees and asylum seekers have been viewed with suspicion by security agents in host states. They are seen as illegitimate and unwanted in urban areas. In Kenya, urban refugees and asylum seekers have ... -
Effect of Technology on the Performance of Insurance Companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The objective of this study was to determine the effect of technology on performance in insurance companies in Kenya. The study was anchored on the resource dependence theory and the resource-based view. The descriptive ... -
An Assessment of the Implementation of Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication in Kenya (2015-2020)
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The post-2015 agenda adopted as the Sustainable Development Goals recognize poverty as a major development challenge globally. Poverty limits the capabilities of individuals to achieve other goals and thus forms a critical ... -
Autobiographical Elements in David Musila’s Seasons of Hope
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This study examines the autobiographical elements in David Musila’s Seasons of Hope. There are several elements that make the text under study autobiographical in form and content. This project establishes the strategies ... -
Utility of Spatial Planning as a Tool for Regulating Tourism Activities in Kenya’s Land-sea Interface for Sustainable Blue Economy
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Coastal tourism is one of the main driving sectors of the blue economy followed by oil and gas, minerals, blue carbon and fisheries. In Kenya, it constitutes a vital developmental aspect characterized by leisure and ... -
Symbolism in Esilemba Oral Poetry: an Analysis of Its Significance in Response to Death Among Abanyole
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The study analyzed the meaning, role and significance of symbolism used in Esilemba burial oral poetry in order to understand how the Abanyole people respond to death when it occurs among them. It was based on the premise ... -
Chinese Built Transport Infrastructure and Demographic Changes in Nairobi Metropolitan Region (2009-2019): a Case Study of Nairobi Southern Bypass, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This study sought to establish the linkage between the completion of the Chinese built transport infrastructure and the demographic changes of the community living within the covered areas of the Nairobi Metropolitan ... -
Effect Of Gender On Financial Literacy In Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Women have lower knowledge level making it difficult for them to perform financial calculations which eventually hinders their ability to make responsible financial decisions. In patrilineal communities, men are the bread ... -
Costs as a barrier to accessing health care in Kenya a case for regulation.
(UoN, 2020)This study focuses on the right to accessing health care in Kenya against the background of a free market where market forces determine the success of accessing health care. It seeks to establish among others, whether ... -
Analysis of the role of the County Governments in Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit sharing: a case study of Baringo County in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) (1992)(SCBD, 1992b), was the first international instrument on conservation of biological diversity to be adopted. Subsequently, the Nagoya Protocol (2011) on Access to Genetic ... -
A critique of the application and effectiveness of the mwongozo code of governance among state corporations in Kenya
(UoN, 2020)A critique of the application and effectiveness of the mwongozo code of governance among state corporations in Kenya -
Prosecutorial independence and accountability in post-2010 Kenya the law and its application in practice
(UoN, 2020)This project examines the dissonance between the law on prosecutorial independence and accountability in Kenya and its application in practice. It argues that although the Constitution of Kenya established the Office of ... -
The efficacy of dog olfaction as a tool in transnational wildlife law enforcement in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
(2020)Transnational Wildlife crimes are on the rise in East Africa. This has led to the need to enhance law enforcement to deter illegal wildlife trade and crimes in the region. The research carried out shows that Kenya, Uganda ... -
Factors influencing human trafficking on the horn of Africa a case of Nairobi County in Kenya
(UoN, 2020)Globally, there has been the subsequent occurrences of the humanitarian crisis which has been caused by the human trafficking, this has caused great concern to the international organizations and governments. However, there ... -
Strategies adopted by Kenya electricity generating company PLC limited to achieve competitive advantage
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Managers are expected to make decisions on current and emerging issues on behalf of business owners. Their decisions concern prudent use of resources in a dynamic environment and are aimed at profit maximization and value ... -
Challenges in regulating foreign nationals in informal businesses: a case of the directorate of immigration services, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The aim of the study was to assess the overall challenges faced by the investigation and prosecution division at the Directorate of Immigration Services (DIS) Kenya, in regulation of foreign nationals in informal businesses. ... -
One stop border post as a facilitator of cross border mobility in East African community (a comparative study of Busia and Oloitokitok border posts).
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The regional integration and development of world nations can only be meaningful if accompanied by the modernization of their border crossing points. There is the ever growing desire to put in place a border system capable ... -
The effect of earnings yield on the stock returns of firms listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The use of valuation ratios as determinants of stock returns is widely being acknowledged. Seminal works present evidence of a return advantage on stocks with high earnings yield, book to market and dividend yield ratios. ...