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Freight Travel Time Reliability On The Northern Corridor
(University of Nairobi, 2017)More than common congestion, transport reliability is emerging as an issue of greater concern on freight corridors. It has been estimated that costs associated with unpredictable travel form the bulk of the logistics costs ... -
Fremdheit Im Ausland Und Nach Der Riickkehr Am Beispiel Ehemaliger Daad-stipendiaten
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Frequency and Factors Associated With Hospitalisation of Children With Sickle Cell Anaemia in Kenyatta National Hospital and Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is common in Sub-Saharan Africa in areas where plasmodium falciparum malaria is endemic and affects 3% of births. SCD is a disorders of red blood cells which sickle when deoxygenated. ... -
"Fresh Water Forcing of the North .atlant.ic,"
(McGill UniversityDepartment of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 1992-06)Several numerical experiments are carried out using the Bryan-Cox Ocean General Circulation Model to investigate the variability of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation under steady, non-zonal, surface forcing and ... -
The friends church and economic transformation among the Luhyia of western Kenya,1902-1988
(Department of Arts, 2009)The focus of this dissertation is the role of the Friends Church in the economic transformation among the Luhyia of western Kenya. With the establishment of the first Friends African Mission (hereafter FAM) station at ... -
Friendships and Sense of Well-being of Visually Impaired and Sighted Adolescents.
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From a Perpetrator of Conflict to Peacemaker: the Transformation of Salome Matakwei of Mt Elgon (2006-2017)
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Despite the fact that citizens suffer the impact of conflict, women among the population are specifically affected most. In most cases, their bodies become the new theater of war as rape is employed as a tool of war. In ... -
From Access to Justice to Expeditious Access to Justice
(University of Nairobi, 2018)This study, utilising case studies in Nairobi, Kakamega, and Makueni counties, examines the link between access to justice and the timely resolution of disputes before courts and tribunals. Noting that, in the Kenyan ... -
From conflictive to cooperative interaction: a study in Kenya-China relations. 1963-1991
(1993)A look at relations between any two countries shows that international interaction is characterized by both conflict and cooperation. This has been true of the relations between Kenya and China. In this study, we were ... -
From Exclusion to Dignity: the Rights of Intersex Persons Under Kenya's Constitutional Framework
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From household to region: the marketing/production interface
(Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies, 1983)Academic interest in African pastoralism increased considerably in the 1970s and early 1980s. Studies in this time period emphasized, inter alia, ecology and subsistence production, political economy, farmer/pastoralists ... -
From institutional and programmatic approach to alternative management of corruption in Kenya
(2015)Since independence, corruption in Kenya has assumed an incrementally progressive trajectory, almost in tandem with the escalation of measures to tackle it. This study therefore interrogates the appropriateness of the ... -
From International Policy to Domestic Practice: Challenges in implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Kenya
(Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies, University of Nairobi, 2005)Concern for the well being of the environment is a phenomenon whose history is as old as the history of man himself, and efforts to conserve and preserve various aspects of the environment have been undertaken at various ... -
From OAU to AU: a critical analysis of peacekeeping
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)This study is on peacekeeping on the African continent from the 1960s to the present date. In particular it examines the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and later its successor African Union (AU) on how they conducted ... -
From Olusuba to Dholuo a case study of language shift in Muhuru division
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)This study is about Olusuba spoken in Muhuru Division. Muhuru is a small Division that lies in the western part of Kenya and it borders Tanzania to the south and hinges on Lake Victoria to the west. The Division is in fact ... -
From relief to community development: an investigation of the new development paradigm in Dadaab Camps in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Sociology, 2006-08)A succession of armed conflicts in the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes Region have resulted in the flight of millions of people in search of safety, with some of them ending in refugee camps. Several aid agencies under ... -
From Rendille to Samburu: a language shift involving two mutually unintelligible languages of Northern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)This study is an investigation of the factors responsible for the linguistic shift from Rendille to Samburu by persons who claim a Rendille identity and are, therefore, expected to speak Rendille language. The two languages ... -
From shop to stall: a study of exhibition centres as retail outlets in Nairobi's Central Business District
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)The focus of this study was on the emerging retail premises called Exhibition Centres. The general objective of the research was to study the emergence and the development of the Exhibition Centre as a retail premise in ... -
From the Bukusu fireside to the stage: the performance of the oral narrative in the shifting spaces
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This study is premised on the idea that the performing arts are dynamic and adaptive to the changing social and artistic demands. It therefore examines the artistic adaption of the oral narrative from the traditional ... -
From The Classical Beta Distribution To Generalized Beta Distributions
(University of NairobiSchool of mathematics,, 2008)This Master's project considers on one hand, the construction of the two parameter classical beta distribution on the domain (0, I) and its generalization and on the other hand, the construction of the extended two ...
