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Residential Housing Demand in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
This study provides estimates of the demand of housing in Kenya based on annual time series data for the period 1980-2009. As in other studies of housing demand, the loglinear demand equation was estimated to model the ...
Factors Influencing Production and Marketing of Floriculture Products Among Small Scale Producers in Limuru Constituency, Kiambu County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
Floriculture has been embraced world wide as the best strategy to improve the income generation of the small scale producers. However, the appropriate strategy for achieving propoor growth in a developing country still ...
Diplomacy in Conflict Management: Failures of the United Nations in Somalia, 1992-2010
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
This study sought to investigate the reasons why the numerous interventions in Somalia between 1992 and 2010 never bore any meaningful fruits. It deliberately picks on the United Nations for criticism. This was informed ...
Restaurant Within the Central Business District in Nairobi County in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013-11)
Organizations that do not respond to the changing environment demand or do not
adapt to keep pace with the change; and even in some situations fail to anticipate
change, are likely to suffer and become irrelevant. Whereas ...
Bancassurance as a Penetration Strategy Used by Insurance Companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013-11)
The entering of the banking institutions on the insurance market can be seen as an effort of modernizing the sector of financial services, for satisfying the diversifying needs of the consumers. Asserted as a new strategic ...
Influence of Community Based Organization Activities on Community Development: a Case of Nakuru Municipality, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013-11)
Community Based Organizations come under the purview of Non-governmental organizations and provide a variety of activities within the community including education, health, capacity building, and agriculture. Others are ...
Conflict Management Mechanisms in Internal Conflicts in Africa. A Case Study of the Lords Resistance Army in Uganda, 1986-2009
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
This study using the theory of conflict systems and the notion of internationalization of conflict
is written against the background that the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) conflict in Northern
Uganda is a classic example ...
Terminology Development in the Context of Multilingualism: a Case of Translating Into Kiswahili
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
This study explores the challenges of terminology formation, development, adaptability and acceptability. The paper has also attempted to show the disharmony, discrepanciesjand the inadequacies of various terminologies ...
Factors Influencing Communities' Dependence on Food Aid: a Case of Bamba, Ganze District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Although aid is meant to spur economic and agricultural development, questions abound as to
whether it is achieving this goal or not. It has been argued that Kenya has continued to rely on
food aid instead of producing ...