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Using technology to reduce international fraud in the banking industry: case of Kenya's banking industry and use of chip and pin technology: 2004-2009
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
A fraudster walks into a store with the intent of stealing merchandise or committing credit card fraud. However, the store has technology and best practices in place making it difficult and dangerous for the fraudster to ...
Status of poverty in Kenya: the case of Machakos District
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
This paper assesses empirically the status of poverty in Machakos district. The study used the Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey (KlHBS)-2 005/2 006. The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), Ministry of ...
Challenges faced in management of an initial public offer process the case of Cooperative Bank of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
This study set out to establish the challenges that Cooperative Bank encountered in ensuring a 'successful initial public offer. The objectives of the study were to establish the challenges that the IPO managers experienced ...
Effects of selected direct acting cholinergic drugs on pain behaviour in the naked mole-rat (heterocephalus glaber)
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
Various endogenous substances are involved in the control of nociception both at the
segmental and at the higher levels of central nervous system. These substances include
acetylcholine, which modify pain processing in ...
A critique of Kenya Anti-corruption Commission's initiatives in combating corruption and its implications for education in the light of aristotelian concept of Akrasia
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
The causes and effects of corruption, and how to combat it, are issues that are attracting national and international agenda. On the international scene, the fonnation of the UN Convention against Corruption, the African ...
An evaluation of free primary education on the quality of learning in public primary schools: a case of selected public primary schools in Mombasa municipality
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
In the year 2003 the Kenyan Government implemented Free Primary Education in all the Public Primary Schools in the whole republic. This was in response to numerous concerns like the desire to combat ignorance, disease and ...
Factors influencing implementation of projects in Kenya: the case of projects funded by National Youth Enterprise Developement Fund in Westlands constituency
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors which affect implementation of projects funded by the Youth Enterprise Fund (YEDF). The study was both a qualitative and quantitative study. Both primary and secondary ...
Passivation of ultrathin nanoporous Tio2 for photovoltaic applications
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
The passivation of sol-gel Ti02 by ultra-thin layers of AI-oxide has been investigated using transient and spectral photovoltage (SPV) techniques. The ultra-thin layers of AI-oxide were prepared by the ion-layer gas reaction ...
Evaluation of animal health care delivery systems in West Pokot and Turkana districts of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
In the 1970's, Kenya had appreciable access to international markets for livestock and livestock products, in the Middle East and European countries. The situation, however changed in the 1990's when Kenya was denied access ...
Influence of sociological factors on career aspiration for high school girls in Mosocho Division, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
Many important career decisions are made during adolescence. These early decisions affect the rest of a penons' life. This is in the sense that the type of career an individual goes into determines the way of life and how ...