Browsing Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM) by Title
Now showing items 19355-19374 of 24440
-
Ritual as Social Drama: the Role of Women in Umulumgbe Funeral Ritual
(University of NairobiDepartment of Literature, Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 2012)In this study I present the extent to which the performance of the funeral ritual of the Umulumgbe community, the South Eastern sub-tribe of the Igbo of Nigeria, can be viewed as a social drama, and the meaning of the ... -
Ritual Change Among the Nandi: a Study of Change in Life - Crisis Rituals1923-1973
(University of NairobiFaculty of Arts, 1976-06)1. I note-the change, resulting in conflict between traditional and modern, which I observed when working among the Nandi from 1966-8. 2. The Nandi subdivision of the Kalenjin are a Paranilotic people who have lived in ... -
River Nile Politics: the Role of South Sudan
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This study focused on River Nile Politics, a study of the role of South Sudan. The study relates to the emergence of a new state amongst existing riparian states and how this may resonate with trans-boundary conflicts. The ... -
Riwaya Ya Nguvu Ya Sala Ya K.w Wamitila
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Kazi yetu imechunguza vipengele vya fani. Tulifafanua dhana ya fani kwa kusema kuwa, fani ni vipengele vya kisanaa katika kazi ya fasihi. Aidha, fani ni jinsi ambavyo msanii hufinyanga kazi yake ili msomaji apate ujumbe ... -
The road network in the Mombasa municipal area: A spatial analysis of its effects on land values, population density and travel patterns
(1982)Few studies exist that show the relationship between urban transportation and urban structure in the developing world. As the developing countries become rapidly urbanized, there is growing need for adequate planning for ... -
Road safety in Kenya
(Department of Sociology, University of Nairobi, 2006)Kenya has a high rate of fatalities and injuries in relation to personal and public vehicle ownership in the world with an average of 8 deaths from 35 crashes that occur daily. Nearly 3000 people are killed on the Kenyan ... -
Road traffic accident analysis using a non metric camera
(University of NairobiFaculty of Arts, 1993)The road traffic accident (RTA) situation in Kenya is, to say the least, simply appalling. Accordingly, the RTA analysis methodology used is not only inefficient and inaccurate, but is also susceptible to criminal distortion. ... -
Road traffic accidents and conflicts on some T-junctions in Nairobi
(Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nairobi, 1989)The study was based on accidents and conflicts on some selected T-junctions in Nairobi. The objectives of the study were: to study accidents and conflicts on selected T-junctions with a view to understanding the problems ... -
Road traffic generation and distribution in the rural areas of Kenya
(University of East Africa, 1966)This thesis contains a study of road traffic generati.on and distribution in the rural areas of Kenya. The economic development of Kenya, as with many of the less developed countries, gives priority to expansions in ... -
Roads infrastructure investment and economic growth in Kenya: the role of private and public sectors
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The research project explored the correlation among road infrastructure investment and economic development in Kenya with special reference to the role of private and public sectors for a period of 35 years from 1980 to ... -
Robbery with violence in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts Sociology, 1991-04)The study empirically examines robbery with violence not as an isolated criminal event, but as a reflection of conflicting property relations within the Kenyan Society. Thus robbery with violence is viewed as a likely ... -
The role of community based Organisations (cbos) in poverty reduction with special reference to Yatt a south women groups (Yswgs) in Katangi, Machakos District
(Department of Arts-Economics, 2001)This study sought to examine the role of community based organisations III poverty alleviation. Specifically YSWGs were studied as an example of CBOs. A random sample of 32 respondents and 16 purposively selected key ... -
The role of actors and processes in tile conduct of diplomacy in conflict resolution: a case study of Somalia national reconciliation: 2002-2003
(Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies, 2005)The interests in the "conduct and practices of diplomacy" are the roots on which this study has developed. The interests in this area of study were necessitated by the unique and protracted conflicts in Somalia. The fact ... -
The role of religion in conflict: the case of the Roman Catholic and the Anglican Churches in Southern Sudan, 1950s - 2005
(2008)This project focuses on the Conflict in Southern Sudan, 1950s - 2005. The study argues that the Anglican Church (AC) and the Roman Catholic Church (RCC), their leaders, ... -
The role of co-operatives in residential housing provision: a case study of the city of Nairobi.
(Department of Arts geography, 1996) -
The role of family planning in child health: the case of Kibera Laini Saba
(Department of sociology, 1992)High population growth rate is the most disturbing problem to a developing country such as Kenya. Policy-makers in Kenya have been prescribing varIOUSmeasures aimed at slowing down the ... -
The role of indigenous medicine in maternal health: a case study of Nyamache Division in Kisii district, Kenya
(Department of Arts, 2009)This study focuses on the role of indigenous medicine in maternal health services in Nyamache Division of Kisii District. The overall objective of this study was to evaluate the role of indigenous medicine as a ... -
The role of migration in the spread of hiv /aids infection among fishermen in Bondo District.
(Department of Arts, 2007)Like all sectors of the Kenyan economy, fisheries sector has not been spared the scourge of HIV and AIDS. The fisher folk have been described as among the 'most vulnerable to HIV infection' but exact prevalence ... -
The role of religion in the Somali disputes
(Department of Arts-Religious studies, 2001)It is almost a decade since the demise of the Military leadership in Somalia, but the country is yet to get a functional government. The power vacuum left behind has had unprecedented disastrous effect on the civilian ...