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Situating Fireside Knowledge in Development Feminist Academy
(Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship, 2020-02-04)
As a feminist development geographer scholar for the last 26 years, I have interacted with the feminist development academy. I have experienced two scenarios. The first one being a marginal scholar in the global knowledge ...
A Critique on Sustainable Cities Waste Management Predicaments; Case of Nairobi City, Kenya
(J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Manage, 2020-11-03)
Waste management predicaments in attaining sustainable city status globally is challenged by increased
solid waste generation as a result of rapid urban population and migration. Through a critique lens, solid waste ...
Architecture for The Urban Poor A Case of a Participatory Slum Upgrading in Nairobi, Kenya
(Africa Habitat, 2020-08-02)
Architecture in its broad perspective denotes both a process and a product. In the formal built environment, there are distinct mechanisms for engaging with the two dimensions unlike with the informal where the mode of ...
Sustainable construction literacy: a study of the Kenyan interior design market segment of the construction
(Africa Habitat, 2020-12-23)
Due to the widespread calls for the construction industry to adopt sustainable approaches, the various stakeholders are now engaging in the sustainability agenda more than before. This study investigated how the Kenyan ...
Towards adaptive standards for multi-purpose interior design in low-cost housing projects in Kenya
(Africa Habitat, 2020)
The Kibera Soweto East Housing Project was developed under the Kenya Slum Upgrading Programme (KENSUP) whose main objective was to improve the housing conditions of the residents of Kibera through the construction of ...
Understanding Development Control Challenges in The City- Periphery
(Africa Habitat, 2020-08-02)
The development of the city-periphery is an inevitable consequence of urbanization in many developing countries, and acts as exit points for residents relocating from dense urban built areas, and entry points for rural ...
Challenges of county government property taxation in Nairobi City
(Africa Habitat, 2020-08-02)
This study evaluates the challenges of property taxation under the county government in Nairobi City. Property taxation, if well exploited, can be a major source of revenue at the county government level which is required ...
Origin of The Swahili Stone House and The Dual Nature of Swahili Urbanism
(Africa Habitat, 2020-12-23)
Swahili architecture is characterised by grandeur stone houses on one side and earth-and-wattle houses on the other. By considering the concept of transculturation as introduced by Felipe Hernandez et al. (2005), and ...
Tackling an emerging epidemic: the burden of non-communicable diseases among people living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is at a crossroad. Over
the last decade, successes in the scale up of HIV
care and treatment programs has led to a
burgeoning number of people living with HIV
(PLHIV) in care. At the same time, ...
Literature, Critical Thinking and Value Creation
(The Nairobi Journal of LITERATURE, 2020-12)