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Underwriting Risk Management Strategies For Motor vehicle Insurance: A Case Of The Kenyan Alliance Insurance Company
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)
In recent years, risk management has been the subject of financial scrutiny due to the financial crises of 2002 and 2007. The Ukrainian and Greek case have also highlighted great weaknesses in financial risk management. ...
Investigating the homogeneity of monthly rainfall records in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
The homogenization of climate data is of major importance because non-climatic factors make
data unrepresentative of the actual climate variation, and thus the conclusions of climatic and
hydrological studies are potentially ...
Time series analysis of extreme rainfall and temperature over Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
The objective of this study was to determine the characteristics of extreme climatic events of rainfall maximum and minimum temperatures over Kenya.Tobe able to achieve this, the trend
series and frequency analysis of ...
Analysis of economic benefits of seasonal rainfall forecasts over Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Simply documenting the effects of climate variability and providing better climate forecasts to
potential users are not sufficient. This study determined the economic benefits of seasonal
rainfall forecasts over Kenya ...
Determinants of Students Performance in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Using Ordinal Logistic Regression in Kiambu County
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
In this project, I have modeled the determinants of students’ performance in the Kenya
Certificate of Secondary Education examination within Kiambu County. The selection and
allocation process to secondary school for ...
Enhancing community based health information system CBHIS reporting through open source short message service based tool
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)
Evidence
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based strategic decisions, planning, budgeting, policy formulation at all levels of health
care can only be made possible if there is complete, accurate, timely health information.
However, the use of manual ...
A framework to support study group formation using online social media -the case of twitter
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Online social media has positioned itself as one of the best media of communication and
information sharing. People are able to write short messages on their walls using various social
media like Twitter, Facebook, Bebo, ...
Mapping of vegetation cover changes in eastern Mau block between 1990 and 2014
(2014)
Over the last decade, the forests of the Mau Complex have been heavily impacted by official
forest excisions, as well as by illegal, irregular and unplanned settlements. Eastern Mau Forest
reserve is one of the most ...
Determinants of contraceptive use among women of reproductive age in North Eastern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Background
Contraceptive use is the expression of individual desire to space or to limit birth.By
practicing family planning, couples can improve the health of mothers and children
through birth spacing and avoiding ...
Increasing the consumption of essential long chain fatty acids through fortification of yoghurt with Omega-3 pufa from Nile perch oil
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Increased incidence of Non communicable diseases (NCD) such as cardiovascular
diseases, diabetes and cancer has been associated with decreased consumption of
polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) of the omega-3 series, ...