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A comparative investigation of weather anomalies over Africa during the 1972 drought and 1977-1978 wet period
(1984)
In 1972 the African continent experienced severe drought
conditions. 'Jh~Sudano-Sahelian drought started in 1968and persisted
through 1974. Contrary to 1972, the years 1977 and 1978 received
near normal rainfall in most ...
Some comparative effects of plant extracts from meliaceae family on the feeding activity, development and reproduction in locusta stomoxys, glossina, and aedes
(University of Nairobi, 1982)
The extracts from four locally obtained plant,
species of the family Meliaceae have been shown to
have significant antifeedant activities against
Locusta, Stomoxys, Glossina, and Aedes species.
Melia azedarach, M. ...
An exploratory study into the problems and attitudes of Bahima parents with regard to formal school influence on their children's socialization
(University of Nairobi, 1981)
The investigation for this study was carried out in the rural community of Nyabushozi County in the Nother~part of Mbarara District. ~he study aimed at examining general problems experienced by Bahiwa parents with respect ...
Differences in usage between some registers of written Swahili
(1980)
This thesis seeks to show that over the last fifty years or
so, several varieties of written Swahili have emerged and that
these varieties have, with time, developed features which characterise
them, and by which they ...
The Style Of The Novel: A Case Study Of Nuruddin Farah
(University of Nairobi, 1988)
Farah is a literally unknown writer considered after such writers with extensive criticism as Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka and Ngugi wa Thiong’o. A criticism of his works has come mainly as newspaper reviews and features ...
The development of a revolutionary consciousness in maxim gorky
(University of Nairobi, 1983-11)
This thesis is a study of a small selection of
Maxim Gorky's early literary works. It is limited to
the period bet ween Gorky's earliest pub Li.c at.Lon , "Makar
Chudra" (1892) and the publication of the novel, ...
Differential mortality in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1981)
This study is concerned with the investigation of the factors
that influence infant/or early childhood mortality at the macro level. The factors investigated include the following district level variables: per-cent ...
Radiographic Assessement of renal size in adults
(University of Nairobi, 1981)
A radiographic method of assessing renal size in
adults is presented by an analysis of 230 patients
with normal renal function as judged by Intravenous
Urogram and Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN). The long
axes of the kidneys ...
Treatment of oligospermia with tamoxifen at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University Of Nairobi, 1986)
Tamoxifen is pure anti-estrogen free from demonstrable intrinsic estrogenic activity in men. Eleven patients were treated with 20mg
of Tamoxifen given orally as a single daily dose. Three of these had persistent ...
Regional disparities in economic development : the Kenyan experience
(1985)
This is a country study. Our concern is with regional
disparities in economic development of Kenya. The study
attempts to delineate the trends of regional inequalities
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among Kenya's eight regions. This is done by ...