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Prosperity gospel in Kenyan urban centres: come, see, pay and receive your miracles and healing
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
In this part of the 21st century, the impact of ‘New Age” religions created by secularization have exposed the western Christianity to several challenges which seem not only divergent to biblical doctrine but tend to give ...
The phenomenon of intolerance and its impact on christian - Muslim relation in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
One of the common euphemisms today is: “Religion is inherently violent, the cause of all major wars in history”. The interlocutors accuse religion without remembering that the last two world wars were fought not on account ...
Analysis of the single toggle jaw crusher kinematics
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Purpose
– This paper aims to obtain equations that can be used to describe the motion of any given point in the swing jaw of a single toggle jaw crusher.
Design/methodology/approach
– The swing jaw drive mechanism of ...
Interleukin - 1 polymorphisms and chronic periodontitis in a rural Kenyan population
(University of Nairobi, 2015-02)
Susceptibility to Chronic periodontitis (CP) has been associated with genetic polymorphisms in the
proinflammatory cytokine, interleukin-1 (IL-1A and IL-1B) isoforms but little is known about their role in rural
Africans. ...
Analysis of hydrological drought events in the Upper Tana basin of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Drought is a major environmental hazard which has serious implications for water management and
environmental protection. This is especially so when unsustainable water management, as well as predicted
climate change ...
Poverty and food security among female-headed households in Kenya: the case of Nyatike constituency, Migori county, Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
The increase in female-headed households in Kenya has contributed to increased poverty levels leading to deliberate efforts by the national government as well as other stakeholders to develop strategies to help alleviate ...
Gender equity in education development in Kenya and the new constitution for vision 2030
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Gender equity is the impartial treatment of women and men so as to ensure equal enjoyment of
privileges and rights allotted to members of either gender. In Kenyan society, this has been a
controversial subject since the ...
Effect of Lablab purpureus L. cover crop and imidazolinone resistant (IR) maize on weeds in drought prone areas, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Organizational resources, innovation and performance of insurance companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
In spite of a growing body of literature on firm performance, explaining why firms in the same
industry and markets differ in their performance remains a fundamental question within
strategic management field. While some ...
A study on the response of the equatorial ionization anomaly over the east Africa sector during the geomagnetic storm of November 13, 2012
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06)
Using a set of up to 12 International GNSS Services (IGS) receivers around the East African region, we present the formation of the peak of ionospheric Equatorial Ionization Anomaly during the geomagnetic storm of 13th ...