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Measuring Exchange Rate Risk Of Kenya’s Main Trading Currencies
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
This study measures the exchange rate risk of Kenya’s main trading currencies mainly the United
States of America dollar, the Euro and the United Kingdom pound. The Value at Risk model is
used to estimate this risk; in ...
Ecological Risk Assessment For Invasiveness, Response To Weeds And Ratooning Ability Of New Rice For Africa (Nerica) And Oryza Sativa Rice Varieties In Central Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Rice belongs to the family Poaceae and genus Oryza. Poaceae, on a world scale, is classified among the prominent families that are likely to produce invasive weed species hence a challenge on biosafety. Through modern ...
Investigating dry spells in Malawi during the rainfall season
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
This study investigated the occurrence of dry spells during the main rainfall seasons over Malawi so that the farming community and other stakeholders can use this information to reduce vulnerability of the agricultural ...
Toxicity Effects Of Δ-endotoxins Obtained From Native Bacillus Thuringiensis Isolates Against Maize Stalk Borer (Busseola Fusca Fuller)
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Decrease in maize crop yield due to infestation by the maize stem borer (Busseola fusca) presents a major food security threat in Kenya and many sub-Saharan countries. Farmers in Kenya have relied on the use of insecticides ...
Assessing the spatial and temporal characteristics of rainfall over the Southern region Of Malawi
(University of Nairobi, 2014-07)
An understanding of temporal and spatial characteristics of rainfall is central to resources planning and management especially with evidences of climate change and variability. There are strong indications that rainfall ...
Telecommuting System For Kenyan Organizations
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)
The time taken to commute from home to the office and back is a major concern to workers in Kenya and especially in Nairobi. A lot of time which could be spent on productive activities is wasted on the roads while employees ...
Sitation Of A Geological Nuclear Repository Of The Proposed Kenya Nuclear Power Plant (npp)
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Energy development in Kenya is currently based upon the Vision 2030 platform which aims to
enhance energy production by commissioning the establishment of the first nuclear power plant
by the year 2022. Under the ...
A framework for increasing the technical capacity of health workers to use health data for decision making at the level iii health facilities in Nairobi county
(University of Nairobi, 2014-05)
Data is often not used effectively by the individuals at the health facilities to inform policy and programmatic decision making. The objective of this study is to identify barriers to data use, to design a framework for ...
A Parallel Corpus Based Translation Using Sentence Similarity
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
When large quantities of technical texts are being translated manually, it is very difficult to
produce consistent translations of recurrent stretches of text, such as paragraphs, sentences and
phrases, making it not ...
Data sharing among selected government institutions in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
This research study aims at assessing the strategies put in place to encourage or enable data sharing
among government institutions in Kenya a; establish the existence of data and information sharing
and the factors ...