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A critical analysis of the implementation of the 1951 Geneva convention on refugees: a case study of Kenya
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2003)Not so long ago, the status that the refugee problem has acquired in international politics today was unimaginable. What was viewed as a passing cloud by the international protection regimes until last midcentury has ... -
A critical analysis of the role of international humanitarian law in protecting civilians in internal armed conflicts; a case study of the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1996-2005.
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2007)This study analyses the concept of non-combatant immunity in an internal conflict as provided for in International Humanitarian Law and utilizes the Democratic Republic of Congo as the case study. The ... -
A critical analysis of the role of mutual resource-sharing in conflict management: a case study of Kenya-Ethiopia boarder (2000-2009)
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2010)This study has investigated conflict issues on Kenya/Ethiopia border from 2000 to 2009. Conflicts, their causes, nature and mechanisms .for management have been discussed. Transboundary resources as well as resources ... -
A Critical Analysis of the Role of Women in Peace-building: a Case Study of Burundi and Somalia
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2001)Violent conflicts, political instability or unjust policies and practices in different societies often result to human suffering - men, women and children alike. Short-term humanitarian aid, military intervention, diplomatic ... -
A critical analysis of UN peacekeeping: the case of Sierra Leone, 1995-2005
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2012)This study investigates the role of UN Peacekeeping in conflict management and peace building and examines the achievement of UNAMSIL in maintaining international peace and security in Sierra Leone. It proceeds from the ... -
A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF BERNARD LONERGAN’S NOTION OF JUDGMENT AS A RESPONSE TO THE CRITICAL PROBLEM
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2013)This project sets out to explore the core of the critical problem. The critical problem is the epistemological question concerning the objectivity and subjectivity of human knowing. The question raised is whether man is ... -
A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF BERNARD LONERGAN’S NOTION OF JUDGMENT AS A RESPONSE TO THE CRITICAL PROBLEM
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2013)This project sets out to explore the core of the critical problem. The critical problem is the epistemological question concerning the objectivity and subjectivity of human knowing. The question raised is whether man is ... -
A critical assessment of conflict management processes: A case study of the Palestine-Israel conflict, 1993-2010
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2012)This study argues that conflicts are endemic in human society and that conflicts are disruptive. Proper management of conflicts is therefore a necessary to lessen their negative impact on human society and the environment. ... -
A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF POPPER'S THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
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A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF POPPER'S THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
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A diagnostic study of Kenyan children with specific language/reading disability: Dyslexia
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 1978)Reading must be regarded as a skill which by no means every child of normal intelligence can easily master, no matter how well and patiently taught. This research is concerned, not with backward readers generally, but only ... -
A HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MUSLIMS IN BUGANDA 1965-70
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 1971)Forty-four percent of the Muslim community in Uganda live in Buganda. For a long time, there has been no distinction between religion and political and social life In Buganda Muslim participation in the social, political ... -
A HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MUSLIMS IN BUGANDA 1965-70
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 1971)Forty-four percent of the Muslim community in Uganda live in Buganda. For a long time, there has been no distinction between religion and political and social life In Buganda Muslim participation in the social, political ... -
A Parental punitive scale for the Kikuyu rural adolescents
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 1974)A Parental Punitive Scale for Kikuyu, Rural Adolesoents. This study was designed in order to construct ''A Parental Punitive Soale' for Kikuyu, rulral adolesoents. The methodused in designing and validating this soale was ... -
A philosophical analysis of the relationship between marxist humanism and feminism
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2005)Abstract Feminist movement has been viewed as the instrument used to challenge the traditional position of men in society with the hope of realising gender equality. This is in response to what has been portrayed as ... -
A pragmatic analysis of a woman's talk: a case study of Agikuyu women speakers.
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2008)Woman's language is characterized by condensed force of utterance and by avoidance of strong or aggressive language; it is also associated with natural indirect speech attributes. Does this influence conversational ... -
A profile of poverty in urban Kenya:a case study of Nairobi
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 1991)This study estimated the extent and depth of urban poverty as well as the socio-economic characteristics of the urban poor in Nairobi in Kenya. The study was justified in terms of yielding useful policy data for the direct ... -
A review of peace education and conflict transformation: greater East African region
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2012)This study seeks to review the role of peace education in conflict transformation among states in the Greater East African Region. Peace education and conflict transformation are long term endeavors for conflict resolution. ... -
A Situation of Statelessness in Kenya: a Case of Makonde Comunity
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2017)Stateless persons often find themselves in vulnerable situations in their host country or country of origin, with this occasioned by their lack of nationality. The lack of nationality commonly results to discrimination of ... -
A STUDY OF PARTICIPATION IN FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION AMONG THE PASTORALIST COMMUNITIES IN MANDERA DISTRICT
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2008)This study is on participation in free primary education among the pastoralist communities in Mandera District it presents an analysis of the data collected from primary school, teachers and pupils, education officials ...
