Search
Now showing items 2181-2186 of 2186
The growth of public expenditure in Kenya exploring the causes 1980 2012
(2014-10)
What explains the growth of public expenditure in Kenya? This study estimates the causes of
growth of public expenditure using annual time series data for the period 1980 to 2012. In
this study we examined 6 causes of ...
Child’s Narration of War as Depicted in Ahmadou Kourouma’s “allah Is Not Obliged
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Childhood is normally treated as a period of crucial values in ones stage of growth. Maintaining
these values in children helps to preserve the future generation’s societal aspirations. However
during times of war, there ...
Resources, external environment, innovation and performance of insurance companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
In spite of a growing body of literature on firm performance, explaining why firms in the
same industry and markets differ in their performance remains a fundamental question
within strategic management field. Researchers ...
Testing the Existence of Low Price Effect on Stock Returns at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
The low price effect simply purports that low priced shares
significantly outperform
high priced shares on a risk-adjusted return basis. The objective of
the study was to
test the existence of low price effect on stock ...
Kenyan Radio and Youth Socialization on Sexuality: the Case of Urban Youth in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2014-07)
The purpose of this study was to highlight how radio is socializing urban Kenyan youth on sexuality. The study sought to answer the following questions: Whether radio is a dominant medium for the socialization of youth on ...
The impact of counter-terrorism operations on Human rights in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
A recurrent issue in the fight against terrorism has been, relating to the respect for human
rights. All those who have worked to promote human rights in both domestic and
international have realized the rise in the ...