Browsing Policies by Title
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Making devolution work for livestock trading in Northern Kenya
(African drylands Institute for Sustainability, 2020)KEY HIGHLIGHTS evolution has improved administrative state functions at the county levels in northern Kenya. In 2018/2019 FY, counties in northerDn Kenya received an annual budget of over Kshs. 50 Billion, with Garissa ... -
Managing Fragmentation of Agricultural Land for Livelihood Security in Kenya
(Office of DVC Research, Innovation and Enterprise, 2021-02)survey was conducted in fifteen rural sublocations in Kenya in 2018 and 2019. The purpose of the study was to (a) establish the current rural household land size, (b) determine the existing land uses and the impacts they ... -
Mangrove Degradation: Reversing the Trend through Community Engagemen
(Office of DVC Research, Innovation and Enterprise, 2020-04-26)Key Messages Community Sensitisation on growth characteristics of mangrove species to understand implications of over-utilisation. Development of holistic mangrove reforestation programme inclusive of all species. Funding ... -
Negotiating Bilateral Tax Treaties: Should Tax Treaties Involving Low-income Countries Contain a Sunset Clause?
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This policy brief reflects on an underexplored proposition: that bilateral tax treaties – particularly treaties involving (middle- and) low-income countries – should contain an expiration or sunset clause. The brief ... -
Options for Improving the Communication of Seasonal Rainfall Forecasts to Smallholder Farmers – The Case of Kenya
(Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, 2012)This „Briefing Paper“ discusses options for improving the communication of seasonal rainfall forecasts to smallholder farmers, taking Kenya as its example. Smallholder farmers depend on rain-fed agriculture in most of ... -
Oxygen Access and Affordability in Health Facilities in Kenya
(Office of DVC Research, Innovation and Enterprise, 2021-01)Insufficient oxygen levels in the blood, referred to as hypoxaemia, is a potentially fatal complication of many causes of mortality. A topical example is the current COVID-19 pandemic, a result of the Coronavirus disease ... -
Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: How Can They Make Informed Nutritional Decisions?
(Office of DVC Research, Innovation and Enterprise, 2020-05)In chronic kidney disease (CKD), the kidney’s functions of removal of waste product from the body are gradually impaired, causing the death of over 2.4 million people globally (International Society of Nephrology, 2018). ... -
Policy Implementation and Performance of HIV Prevention Projects.
(Office of DVC Research, Innovation and Enterprise, 2021-05)According to the most recent data from government agencies and media reports on the sexual escapades and drug and alcohol abuse by Kenyan youths, it is evident that teenagers are faced with major challenges that require ... -
Policy on records management
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Re-introduction of VAT on ICT Equipment in Kenya: Special Focus on Mobile Phones
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Replenish Millions of Kenyan Household’s Granaries Through Forest Restoration.
(2020-05)Deforestation is estimated to have deprived Kenya’s economy of Kshs. 5.8 billion (US$68 million) in 2010 and Kshs. 6.6 billion in 2009, far outstripping the roughly Kshs. 1.3 billion earned from forestry and logging each ... -
Research policy (a bridged Edition)
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Revisiting Kenya’s Ban on Plastic Carrier Bags. Kenya Policy Briefs
(Office of DVC Research, Innovation and Enterprise, 2021-03-30)Plastic waste is one of Nairobi’s and to a greater extent Kenya’s most visible environmental problems, with most of the flooding witnessed in cities attributed to plastic waste that clogs drainage systems, key among them ... -
Sanitation challenges, groundwater perspectives and their intertwined relationships in Kisumu, Kenya
(Office of DVC Research, Innovation and Enterprise, 2020-04-26)Key Messages Groundwater is the preferred alternative water source during times of shortages and in areas not served by piped water supplies.Pit latrines are the main sanitation facilities in Kisumu where sewerage extends ... -
Taming Predatory Lending for a Resilient Financial System and Economic Growth
(Office of DVC Research, Innovation and Enterprise, 2021-02)Kenya’s credit market has gone a full circle in just about three years. Before2016, interest rates were to a large extend liberalized, and relatively high to the frustration of policymakers. ... -
The Taxation of the Digital Economy: the OECD BEPS Policy Response Versus the UN Facti Panel's Principle Response
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The residence/source tax rules that have been in place for over a decade have become redundant in the modern-day digitalised economy. Concepts that created tax certainty such as the concept of permanent establishment ... -
Transformational Leadership in Adopting Online Learning
(Office of DVC Research, Innovation and Enterprise, 2021-02-26)The Government of Kenya has continually urged universities to come up with innovative ways of delivering higher education and meeting human resource needs in the country in support of vision 2030 social pillar. In the wake ... -
University of Nairobi open access policy
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University of Nairobi plagiarism policy
(21-03-13)