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The role of financials in savings mobilisation in Kenya with reference to Kenya post office savingd bank 1960-1978
(1981-02)
This study looks at the role of financial institutions in savings mobilisation in Kenya with particular reference to Kenya Post Office Savings bank (KPOSB). The hypothesis to be tested is that the KPOSB through its social ...
Pleural Effusions In Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi - Prospective Study
(1981)
70 adult patients presenting with pleural effusions
at Kenyatta National Hospital, and Infectious Diseases
Hospital, Tuberculosis Unit (KNH,IDH) adult service were
studied and their findings are discussed. The ...
Factors which generate and sustain vending activities: The case of female vegetable and fruit vendors in the streets of Nairobi city.
(1987)
The purpose of this study is to explore factors which generate and sustain vegetable/fruit vending as an informal sector activity. In the problem statement challenging questions such as: Is harassment the best possible ...
A fracture mechanics approach to fatigue crack propagation characteristics in a locally used structural steel plate
(1984-06)
A fracture mechanics approach was used to investigate the effects of thickness, stress ratio and configurational geometry on fatigue crack growth characteristics of a locally produced steel plate.
The experiments were ...
Pathogenesis and pathology of heartwater (cowdriosis) in sheep and goats
(University of Nairobi, 1987-02)
Heartwater is a rickettsial disease of
ruminants primarily cattle, sheep and goats
transmitted by several species of Amblyomma
ticks. It is prevalent throughout Africa
south of the Sahara wherever the vector ticks
are ...
Studies on the biology of· icerya pattersoni (newst.) (hemiptera: margarodidae), a coffee pest in Kenya
(1986)
An account of laboratory and field experiments carried out at
the Coffee Research Station, Ruiru, Kenya to study the biology of
the scale insect, Icerya pattersoni (Newst) (Hemiptera: Margarodidae)
on coffee varieties ...
The pharmaceutical industry in Kenya
(1985)
Kenya's Pharmaceutical sector has grown significantly since 1936. Most of the manufacturing units were established in the 1970's. Currently, the sector is dominated by foreign firms.
This study investigates various issues ...
Characteristics of road traffic accidents in Kenya
(1988)
The objectives of this study were: to study Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) in Kenya and to determine where possible their fundamental characteristics and causal factors related to their occurrence, to develop predictive ...
Some cultural aspects of the Abaluyia song
(University of Nairobi, 1986)
The title of this thesis is Some Cultural Aspects of the
Abaluyia Song. This song is an oral literary genre of the Abaluyia, known as Olwimbu in Luyia. The analysis given is based on collected and documented song texts ...