Browsing Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM) by Title

The Persistence of Traditional Customary Practices in Contemporary Societies:the Case of Female Circumcision Among the Meru of Central, Kenya

Shivachi, Kizito (University of NairobiDepartment of Anthropology, 1997)

Too much has been said about the practice of female circumcision. There are long debates on this rite of passage today. Campaigns have been mounted against this practice without substantial achievement in some ...

Persistent Conflict Between the Pokot and the Turkana: Causes and Policy Implications

Devine, Patrick R (University of Nairobi, 2016)

The study is about the conflict between the Pokot and the Turkana communities in the North Rift of Kenya. This conflict has persisted since precolonial times. Apart from the conflict management interventions of the State, ...

Persistent Conflict in Sierra Leone and South Sudan, a Comparative Study of Gender Factor

Githui, Naomi W (University Of Nairobi, 2014-11)

Conflict is fuelled by deeply engrained divisions, mistrust and exclusionary politics. There are indeed different gender roles evident in conflict. Particularly for this study, women’s peace efforts, like many civil ...

Persisting problem of conflict in Africa: the role of Kenyan Diplomatic Method

Masini, Bonface M (University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)

This research project is to explore the persistent problem of conflict in Africa and to establish the viability of Kenyan diplomatic method of conflict resolution. It explores the underlying causes of persistent conflicts ...

Person-job Fit, Critical Psychological States,self-evaluation And Intention To Leave Among Medical Workers Of Mulago National Referral Hospital ,Uganda

Okatege, Paul (University of Nairobi, 2022)

Personal Finance Discipline, Working Environment and Fraud in the Commercial Banks in Kenya

Muthike, Anthony K (University of Nairobi, 2012)

The rampant fraud committed in the commercial banks has been of surprise to many. Banks have continuously come up with measures which can be used to reduce fraud especially the one committed or instigated by its own ...

Personal Liability of Directors and the Collapse of Private Companies in Kenya

Muasya, Olive N (University of Nairobi, 2019)

The general legal rule is that a corporate or company is considered a “legal person” distinct from its members and this has led directors of companies to act arbitrarily knowing that they have this legal shield. For the ...

Personal selling strategies and performance of pharmaceutical firms in Nairobi, Kenya

Mbugua, Dennis M (University of Nairobi, 2014)

Today‟s dynamic business environment is continuously changing because of globalization, regulatory changes, increasing intensity of competition, increasingly demanding customers, new information technology, and mergers ...

Personal Therapy as a Mandatory Requirement for Counselling Students and Its Outcomes in Selected Universities in Nairobi County, Kenya

Joyzy, Pius, E (University of Nairobi, 2021)

Personal therapy is experienced as a mandatory requirement in many counselling and psychotherapy trainings worldwide with the view that it yields positive outcomes in terms of personal and professional developments. ...

Personality Interactions and the Effect on Marriage

Kiunga, Martha R. (University of Nairobi, 2012)

Perspectives of strategic choice

Munyoki, Caxton (University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)

Strategic management is concerned with' deciding on strategy, and planning how that strategy is to be put into effect. It can be thought of as having three main elements within it. There is strategic analysis, in which the ...

Perspectives on Child Labor in Kenya: Case of Malakisi Tobacco Farms, 2003 - 2010

Otele, Oscar M (University of Nairobi, 2011)

This study seeks to understand the notion of child labour in African context- what it is, its manifestation and how t ^ local community in Malakisi tobacco growing areas in Bungoma County perceive and understand it. This ...

Persuading the Kenyan youth; an analysis of the use of sex appeal on billboards in Nairobi

Muchai, Angela S (University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)

With increasing focus by the Kenyan government on media content with the intention of barring subversive culture from mainstream media and advertising, this study set out to investigate the use of sex appeal in billboard ...

Persuasion and persistence:Female Circumcision among the Embu, Kisii and Somali of Kenya

Nungari, Salim (Department of sociology, 2007)

This is a comparative study of female circumcision (Fe) among the Embu, Kisii and Somali societies of Kenya. This study was both exploratory and explanatory in nature. The main objective of the study was to ...

The Persuasive Devices in William Ruto’s Political Speeches a Relevance TheoreticThe Persuasive Devices in William Ruto’s Political Speeches a Relevance Theoretic Approach Approach

Miring’u, Pauline W (2020)

The aim of this study was to explore the general effects and effectiveness of humour and rhetorical questions as persuasive strategies in selected speeches of William Ruto. The study focused on the identification and ...

Pervceived Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Employee Performance Among Teachers Service Commission Secretariat at the Headquarters in Nairobi

Mwiti, Salome (University of Nairobi,School of business, 2012-11)

Human resource is the most vital asset for organizational development. It is the resource that puts other resources to use and strives to get the best return out of them. But getting best of human resource requires ...

Pest Infestation and Conservation of Ethnographic Collections With Specific Reference to Skin and Wooden Materials: a Case Study of Village Museum, Dar Es Salaam

Nyirenda, Green (University of NairobiInstitute Of Anthropology, Gender And African Studies, University of Nairobi, 2003)

The purpose of the study was to investigate why and how skin and wooden ethnographic artifacts are infested and what was being done to combat the problem. Hence, the study aimed at identifying insect pests, which damage ...