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Water consumers' willingness to pay for conservation of watersheds: a case of Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
Kenya's population of almost 40 million as per 2009 housing and population census exerts great pressure on natural economic resources like water. Kenya is classified as a water scarce country. The fresh water covers two ...
The responsibility to protect: burying the concept of Humanitarian Intervention
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
Humanitarian intervention lies at the fault-line in international relations between the principles of international law and state sovereignty on the one hand, and morality and the protection of human rights on the other. ...
A critical analysis of factors informing the coverage of health issues in print media in Kenya: a special focus of Cancer
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
The study investigated the role of print media in addressing cancer epidemic in Kenya. A critical analysis of how this information is covered is necessary to determine the effort invested by print media to ascertain whether ...
The 21st Century Diplomacy of Developing Countries: a Case Study of Kenyan Diplomat, 2000-2010
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
The changing trends in diplomacy are an interesting area in international relations that have brought about new opportunities for countries across the globe to grow and thrive. Developing countries should get versed with ...
International NGOs and peace building: the contribution of Care-International (Kenya) in Kibera
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
This research project attempts to give a critique of the peace building process in Kibera following the early 2008 post-election violent conflict. In particular, the researcher assesses Care-International's peace building ...
The communicative effectiveness of text messaging as a modern medium of communication
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
The main purpose of this study was to investigate how the language used in the writing of the mobile phone text messages differs from the conventional writing and how the readers of the text messages are able to interpret ...
Administration of peace keeping in Kenya: a case study of the Kenya Defence Forces
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
This study appreciates that peace keeping has been applied by the UN and other regional organisations as a tool of conflict management in conflict prone environment. The post cold war era has seen an evolution in peace ...
First language's interferences on the second language in the syntactic structure of the second learner's writing: a study of Kikuyu and Kamba secondary school students in Kitui S.D.A school
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
Transfer is a pervasive term and this has led to diverse interpretations and research practices of it. This study looks at the related literature and studies on L 1 interferences on the syntactic structure of the L2. It ...
The influence of multiparty politics on ethnic conflict: a case study of Kenya 1992 and 2007 multiparty elections
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
Since the re-emergence of multiparty politics in Kenya in 1992, there has been a lot of ethnic violence with every other multiparty election. One such violence was the one experienced in 1992, before, during and after the ...
Challenges of adoption of ICT in technical Training Institutions within Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
This study set out to investigate the extent to which public technical training institutes in Nairobi County have adopted ICT in the learning environment. Out of a population of four institutes, two were selected based on ...