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Environmental Security in National Security: the Case of the Horn of Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
With the complex dynamics of security in the Horn of Africa, there comes the challenge of addressing security issues in the region by both governments and non-governmental organizations. Environmental security is a highly ...
The Implementation of Environmental Treaties in Kenya
(University Of Nairobi ,, 2013-10)
This project investigates the implementation of environmental treaties particularly the multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs). The project uses a conceptual framework of analysis that looks at the conversion of ...
Introgression of String Resistance Genes Into an Eritrean Sorghum Variety Through Marker Assisted Breeding
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Sorghum [S. bicolor (L.) Moench] is the most important cereal crop in Eritrea grown over 200,000 hectare annually. However, the parasitic weed Striga hermonthica is the major biotic constraint to production causing up to ...
Strategies Adopted by Commercial Banks in Kenya to Improve Performance
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)
Business strategy is concerned with how a firm competes in a given industry or market.
The Kenyan commercial banking industry guided by the banking Act that provides for
the licensing and regulation of commercial banks ...
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 ...
Livelihood Patterns of Urban Refugees: a Case Study of Kayole, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)
The asylum seekers and refugees in Nairobi have integrated into the social and economic
life of Nairobi with minimal support from key stakeholders like the Government and the
humanitarian community. In a deteriorating ...
National Implementation of International Human Rights Treaties: the Case of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRe) is a universally agreed set of
standards and obligations built on varied legal systems and cultural traditions. These basic standards, also
called human ...
The Quality of Life of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Embu County
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
OVCs face many challenges from the responsibility of caring for sick and dying parents to a lack
of resources to meet basic needs such as food, shelter, education and health care. These
challenges can have an adverse ...