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Effectiveness of the Horizontal, Vertical and Hybrid Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetland Systems in Polishing Municipal Wastewater.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
This study aimed at comparing the performance of horizontal, vertical and hybrid subsurface
flow system in polishing wastewater effluent from the maturation pond at Gusii wastewater
treatment plant, Kenya. The treatments ...
The Neglected Link: Safeguarding Pollinators for Sustainable Development in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
Efforts to achieve sustainable development have never been greater the world over. Most, if not all states
and non-governmental organisations, are coming up with multisectoral measures to promote the
sustainable development ...
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 ...
Gender Identity Through The Ekegusii Naming System
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
This paper analyses Ekegusii names and how they relate to gender identity. It shows how the naming system is basically based on the premise that a male is socialized to ‘gather wealth’, hence the term omosacha (‘man/husband’), ...
Kimeru-Influenced Misspellings And Wrong Lexical Choices In The Kiswahili Compositions Of Three Schools In Meru County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
The aim of this paper was to investigate the Kimeru-influenced misspellings and wrong lexical choices in the Kiswahili compositions of three schools in the Meru County of Kenya, with gender as a variable. The objectives ...
Dyslexia And Dysgraphia In The Reading And Writing Of English Words By Upper-Primary Pupils From Select Schools In Sabatia Sub-County In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
This study sought to investigate whether there was correlation between reading impairment (dyslexia) and writing impairment (dysgraphia), and whether function words would pose a greater challenge than content words in both ...
Syllable Weight In Dholuo
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
This paper is about syllable weight in Dholuo, a Western Nilotic language spoken in south-western Kenya and the neighbouring northern tip of Tanzania. Dholuo has both open and closed syllables, as well as heavy and light ...