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Poverty, and poverty alleviation in particular has been a major concern for all developing countries. The need for poverty alleviation arises from- its persistence despite past efforts to combat it through national development planning and special programmes. Among the groups hardest hit by poverty are rural women.
(Department of Arts-Economics, 2007)Countries in sub-Saharan Africa depend heavily on foreign aid to finance their development efforts. In this paper an account of the effect of foreign aid on human development in Kenya is provided Several analytical frameworks ... -
Poverty, livelihoods and resilience against food insecurity in pastoral areas of northern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Researchers, policy makers and donors have in the recent past developed great interest in resilience approach as a way of achieving sustainable development of communities. For pastoral communities however, opinion is ... -
Poverty-based Classification of Households Using Cluster Analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) rely on agriculture for livelihood. Agri-climatic shocks such as prolonged droughts, outbreak of animal and human diseases and crop and pest diseases make rural poor households in SSA vulnerable. ... -
Power And Internationalized Conflict In The 21St Century
(University of Nairobi, 2019)The aim of this research project is to provide an in depth understanding of the role of power transitions and power politics in the emergence and persistence of conflict in the Middle East region. The study used two ... -
Power flow and contingency analysis: case of Rwanda High Voltage Power System
(2015)This thesis uses power flow and contingency analysis to investigate operating conditions of Rwanda High Voltage Power System and evaluate the impact of branch outage on its operational status. We utilize contingency analysis ... -
Power loss reduction in the distribution system with a wind based distributed generation.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Distribution system operating environments are changing rapidly due to the integration of the intermittent renewable in to the power grid at the distribution side of the power system. Therefore, with increasing number of ... -
The Power of Financial Ratios in Detecting Fraudulent Financial Reporting at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2016-08)The study aimed at proving that the financial ratios currently computed by listed companies at the Nairobi Securities exchange may not assist users of the financial reports towards detection of fraudulent financial reports; ... -
The power of music in Kenya's politics, 1992-2008
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)This study examined the power of music in Kenya's politics and its impact on ethnic relations especially during electoral campaigns. The impact of music on Kenya's post-election violence of 2007/2008 is assessed. The role ... -
Power Relations– a Case Study of Proverbs in Ki-embu
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2013)This study focuses on the analysis of Ki-Embu proverbs that express power relations between genders and between ages. It seeks to investigate how the proverbs express power relations in the language in question and also ... -
Power series distribution sand zero-inflated models
(University of Nairobi, 2014)There are two main objectives in this project. First, to construct Power Series Distributions and obtain their properties. Specically, to express the Power Series Distributions in explicit form, in recursive form (in ... -
Power sharing as an outcome of Civil war : a case study of Coalition Government negotiations in Kenya, 2008
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)On February 2008 Kenyan political leaders engaged in negotiations that saw the signing of a peace agreement following an election crisis. It sought to resolve the impasse by using a power sharing agreement implemented ... -
Power, bad governance and persistent conflicts in the horn of Africa: a case study of south Sudan.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This study seeks to explain how power, bad governance and greed by the political elites in government cause the violent conflicts witnessed in South Sudan. The overarching aim of this research is to establish a connection ... -
Power-sharing as a mode of conflict management in post conflict societies in Africa: challenges and opportunities
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)Power-sharing transitional governments are becoming common ingredients of peacemaking and peace building efforts. Power-sharing as a mode of conflict management in guarantees the participation of representatives of ... -
Power-sharing in resolving Africa’s electoral conflict
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Power sharing has become a critical component of resolving Africa‘s electoral conflicts. The Kenya‘s mediation process in 2008 is case in point. This thesis analyzes power-sharing in ending Africa‘s electoral conflicts. ... -
Pozzolanic Potentials of Fresh Cow Dung and Cow Dung Ash for Gravel Roads Construction
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Among third-world countries, gravel and earth roads form an excessively large portion of the road network when compared to paved roads. In Kenya, earth roads comprise about 47% of the road network, gravel roads 38% and ... -
Practical approaches in quantitative x-ray Fluorescence analysis
(University of NairobiFaculty of Science, 1984)An evaluation of the accuracy of X-ray fluorescence analysis for heavy. elements (Z > 48) using L-series fluorescence X-rays has been performed. A method for fast elemental analysis of a large number of samples by ... -
The practice of corporal punishment in rural public primary schools in Ugunja division of Siaya District
(Department of sociology, 2007)This study is an effort to examine the practice of Corporal Punishment in rural public primary schools in Kenya. In order to give a conceptual explanation to this practice as a method of ... -
The practice and challenges of strategy implementation at cooperative bank of Kenya
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2009)A nicely drafted strategic plan, prepared through a sophisticated process by a team of accomplished management consultants or a group of top managers, is hardly likely to fail by itself. Failure, when it occurs, almost ... -
The practice of corporate social responsibility among foreign multinational corporations in Kenya
(Business Administration, 2008)This study was undertaken to determine the factors influencing foreign multinational corporations with a presence in Kenya to engage in corporate social responsibility together with the CSR activities they are involved ...
