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The socio-economic factors influencing food security and the adoption of Cassava ( Manihot esculenta 'crantz) in Kaiti and Wote divisions of Makueni District-Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
Food insecurity has generally emerged as one of the greatest challenges facing the world community today particularly in developing countries where the population rate is growing at a faster rate than the food production ...
The impact of Facebook on university students: a case study of the undergraduate students at the University of Nairobi's school of Journalism
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
This study aimed at investigating the impact of facebook on university students guided by uses and gratification theory. Facebook allows the university students to interact as well as articulate themselves freely. The ...
Effectiveness of communication strategy for fighting Tuberculosis in Kenya: a survey of TB communication outreach in Kibera Slum
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
Communication is a process of transferring information from one entity to another, or the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs. It is also a process whereby information ...
Factors influencing the effectiveness of health communication in Kenya: the case of HIV and AIDS electronic media campaigns targeting the youth
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
This study was carried out to establish how various factors affect the use of mass media in HIV and AIDS communication targeted at the youth. The factors studied included, media use, source likeableness, youth attitude, ...
The influence of media ownership on content: a comparative study of the standard and the Daily Nation Newpapers on their coverage of former Presidential Daniel Arap Moi before (2009) and during the 2010 Kenyan constitutional referendum period
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
There are various scholars who have argued that there is a consistent 'liberal', or left - leaning, bias across the news media (Sutter 200 1; Lichter et al. 1986). Here the argument often suggests that journalists (who in ...
Air transport infrastructure and economic growth in Kenya, 1980-2009
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
This empirical study investigates the relationship between transport infrastructure (with focus on air transport) and GDP growth between 1980 and 2009 in Kenya. The number of air transport passengers was used as a proxy ...
Changing images of women in selected works of Henry Ole Kulet
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
This project examines a selection of Henry Ole Kulet's writing. We consider the author's works in order to capture the possible differences in the portrayal of the images of women. Our basic assumption in this project is ...
The impact of input costs on maize production: the case of Trans Nzoia District
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
Maize is the main staple food crop in Kenya and the government policy objective is to increase maize production in order to achieve food self-sufficiency and security. The government has been applying import tariffs on ...
Style in Barack Obama's 'Dreams from my father'
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
This project examines the way Barack Obama uses style in his autobiography. By 'style' we refer to the wider meaning of the word. We therefore discuss three aspects of style: the author's organization of the material of ...
Influence of motivation on teachers' performance in secondary schools in Uriri District Nyanza Province, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
One of the major issues in education in the world today is the influence of motivation on teachers' performance at work. However, in a number of countries where research on teachers' motivation have been done such as ...