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Significance bias: an empirical evaluation of the oral health literature
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
Background: The tendency to selectively report “significant” statistical results (file-drawers effect) or run selective
analyses to achieve “significant” results (data-dredging) has been observed in many scientific fields. ...
Corporate governance, firm characteristics, external environment and performance of financial institutions in Uganda: A review of literature
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
Main Objective of the Study: Examine the relationship among corporate governance, firm characteristics, external environment, and performance of financial institutions in Uganda. Value of the Study: The paper is expected ...
Hedging Market Risk, Market Imperfections, Firm Characteristics and Firm Value: a Critical Literature Review
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
There has been growing academic and industry interest in hedging market risk as a result of
globalization of economic activity that has led to rapid and continuous changes in the
business environment. With the collapse ...
The status of mother tongues in Kenya and China: Lessons the two countries can learn from each other
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
This paper is a comparative analysis of the language situations in China and Kenya, intended to identify the important lessons about language management in a multi-ethnic society that the two countries can learn from each ...
Mother tongues as media of instruction: The case of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
This paper advances the argument that using mother tongues as media of instruction in the lower levels of formal learning in Kenya is the best option there is for the children‟s education. The use of mother tongues as the ...
Approaching mother-tongue education as a personal and societal development strategy
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
This paper underscores the need for a broadly defined market orientation in our advocacy for mother-tongue learning, as well as in the research that seeks to establish the value of mother-tongue competence in Africa. The ...
The treatment of Kiswahili in Kenya’s education system
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
This paper intends to evaluate the treatment of Kiswahili in the education system in Kenya. The need for this evaluation arises from the fact that although English and Kiswahili are co-official languages under the Official ...
Expanding the sociolinguistic space for the emergence of hybrid mother tongues in Africa: The case of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
This paper examines the key factors to consider when selecting the language(s) that would be most appropriate as media of instruction in schools within a multi-cultural and multilingual setting - in this case Nairobi, the ...
Examining the indigenious wisdom in Ekegusii proverbs
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
This paper examines the cultural values and wisdom that are transmitted through Ekegusii proverbs. It demonstrates how proverbs are used to comment on a variety of human experiences and to maintain societal order. Some of ...
The role of indigenous languages in understanding Kiswahili proverbs
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
This paper endeavours to show how Kiswahili students can be able to conceptualize and understand the uses and meanings of proverbs by drawing on the similarities of the meanings and uses of the proverbs found in their ...