Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Government ownership and financial performance of state enterprises: Kenyan perspective
(AJBUMA, 2023-07-14)The primary aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between government ownership and the financial performance of state enterprises in Kenya. To achieve this objective, a positivist philosophy was adopted, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The Role of Kiswahili Children’s Literature in formulating their Worldview
(University of Nairobi, 2018)This Paper will examine how characters in Children’s Literature are portrayed by different authors with the probable ramifications.Children’s literature in Kiswahili Language has grown tremendously in the recent past.For ... -
The Lingering Question of Neocolonialism in Selected Swahili Plays
(University of Nairobi, 2018)This paper examines how the question of neocolonialism has been addressed by Kiswahili writers by focusing on some selected plays by Timothy Arege and K.W. Wamitila. The paper’s main objective is to identify how the theme ... -
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 ... -
The Relevance of Ethnobotanical Studies to Linguistic Vitality: The Case of Plant Use and Classification Among the Digo of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2004)This article summarises the findings of ethnobotanical research conducted among the Digo people of Kwale District, Kenya, together with applications of this research for the benefit of the local community and implications ... -
Guidelines and Editorial Policy.
(Africa Design Review Journal, 2023-06-27)Africa Design Review Journal is an Online & Print Quarterly issue. The aim of the journal is to encourage scholarship in the area of design. It emphasizes the production of knowledge and exchange of ideas. Invitation ... -
Design Intervention for Sustainability in Women’s Crafts in Kenya.
(Africa Design Review Journal, 2023-06-27)omen in Kenya and the world over engage in craft design using traditional skills passed on from one generation to the other. These are mainly inspired by motifs and designs obtained from nature and items within their ... -
Participatory action research (PAR) for community based conservation in Kenya.
(Africa Design Review Journal, 2023-06-27)According to UN Biodiversity Agreement Cop 15, one of the targets is to ensure equitable, inclusive, effective and gender-responsive representation and participation in decision-making, and access to justice and information ... -
Art and design aiding children living with autism in Nairobi
(Africa Design Review Journal, 2023-06-27)Background: The number of children affected by autism has risen, with 1 in every 59 children being diagnosed within the spectrum (WHO, 2022). In Kenya, the disorder affects approximately four per cent of the population ... -
Editorial, Africa Review Journal.
(Africa Design Review Journal, 2023-06-26)With our last edition in volume three titled “African visual design in the digital world”, we hope to have ignited your passion for design and its extraordinary potential to shape our world. In this fourth issue of volume ... -
Kenya’s CBC crisis as a call to the boardroom not courtroom: why dialogue will best remedy the uncertainties towards Kenyan children receiving the desirable quality education in the new education system
(University of Nairobi Law Journal, 2023-07-10)The Kenyan 8-4-4 education system is in transition to the new Competence Based Curriculum (CBC). The latter aims at not only having the students grasp what they learn but also specialize at an early age in what they can ... -
"When they are all grown, I will tell them": Experience and perceptions of parental self-disclosure of HIV status to children in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: There is mixed evidence on the influence of self-disclosure of one's HIV status on mental health, health behaviours and clinical outcomes. We studied the patterns of self-disclosure among parents living with ... -
Geographical Associations of HIV Prevalence in Female Sex Workers From Nairobi, Kenya (2014-2017)
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: Kenya's HIV epidemic is heterogeneously distributed. Although HIV incidence in Kenya has shown signs of recent decline, focused interventions are still needed for female sex workers (FSWs). Geospatially informed ... -
Geospatial Analysis of Dental Access and Workforce Distribution in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background and objective: One of the major factors affecting access to quality oral healthcare in low- and middle-income countries is the under-supply of the dental workforce. The aim of this study was to use Geographical ... -
Perinatal depression and its impact on infant outcomes and maternal-nurse SMS communication in a cohort of Kenyan women
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Perinatal depression is broadly defined as depressive symptoms during pregnancy or within the 12 months following delivery, affecting approximately 20-25% of pregnant and postpartum women in low- and middle-income ... -
A systematic review of clinical, epidemiological and demographic predictors of tuberculosis in children with pneumonia
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Tuberculosis (TB) can present as acute, severe pneumonia in children, but features which distinguish TB from other causes of pneumonia are not well understood. We conducted a systematic review to determine the ... -
Determinants of survival outcomes among esophageal cancer patients at a national referral hospital in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Introduction: The overall 5-year survival rate for esophageal cancer patients in low- and middle-income countries was reported to be low, despite the availability of advanced treatments. Thus, this study aimed to assess ... -
Interferon Gamma Release Assay and Tuberculin Skin Test Performance in Pregnant Women Living With and Without HIV
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: HIV and pregnancy may affect latent TB infection (LTBI) diagnostics. Tuberculin skin test (TST) and newer generation QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) evaluations in pregnant women living with HIV (WLHIV) and ...