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Traditional Jewellery Of Agîkûyû of Central Kenya :Material And Use
(ADRJ, 2019-07-31)
Background: ‘Betterness’ is one of the predicted global trends of 2020. Businesses and individuals will join forces to practice ‘betterness’, such as radical openness and social responsibility and make a positive impact ...
High Multiple Carriage and Emergence of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Vaccine Serotype Variants in Malawian Children
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Background: Carriage of either single or multiple pneumococcal serotypes (multiple carriage) is a prerequisite for
developing invasive pneumococcal disease. However, despite the reported high rates of pneumococcal carriage ...
In Vitro Antimicrobial and Antiproliferative Activities of the Root Bark Extract and Isolated Chemical Constituents of Zanthoxylum Paracanthum Kokwaro (Rutaceae)
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Abstract: Zanthoxylum paracanthum Kokwaro (Rutaceae) is an endemic Kenyan and Tanzanian
plant used in folk medicine by local populations. Although other Zanthoxylum species have been
studied, only Z. paracantum stem ...
Inflection in Toposa, a VSO Language in Morpho-syntactic Theory
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
This paper presents a morpho-syntactic approach to inflection as suggested under the new Minimalist Program (Chomsky 1993/1995). The language under consideration is Toposa, an Eastern Nilotic language which is highly ...
Interlanguage Variability in the Use of French Auxiliary Verbs by Low-proficiency Learners of French in Kenya
(university of Nairobi, 2018)
This paper set out to identify the variants of the rules governing the
choice of the auxiliary (whether avoir, ‘to have’ or être, ‘to be’) in the
passé composé tense in the French of low-proficiency learners in Kenya.
Data ...
Vowel Systems of Kenyan Languages
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
This paper is an attempt at a phonological classification of all Kenyan languages, based on their vowel systems. It attempts to demonstrate that, by concentrating only on vowels, it is possible to show similarities as well ...
The Impact of the Depiction of Children in Selected Swahili Children Stories
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
This research paper interrogates the portrayal of the boy child and the girl child in selected Kiswahili Children‟s Stories with a view of investigating the likely impact of the manner in which this has been done. Children‟s ...
A New Historicism Approach to Paradox in Religious Faith in Selected Kiswahili Novels
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
This paper aims at analyzing specific Kiswahili novels using a New Historicism Approach in the
quest to show that witchcraft, adultery, lies, power struggle and other vices characterize the
daily activities of worshippers ...
A Functional Analysis Atĩ And Its Variants (Atĩrĩrĩ And Atĩrĩ) As Complementisers And Various Discourse Markers
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
Complementisers are important categories for linguistic theories in description of syntactic structures. In generative grammar theories, the complementiser phrase is an indispensable functional category. Gĩkũyũ, a Bantu ...
The challenges facing German studies programmes in Kenya: a case study of the University of Nairobi
(2015)
The German Studies (GS) programme has been offered since 1981 at the
University of Nairobi (UoN), 1986 at Kenyatta University (KU), and 2009 at
Moi University. By now, the programme should have come of age and be
producing ...