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(Re)staging Kenyan Spoken Word Poetry in New Media
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
The emergence of the new media as an alternative space for performing arts is slowly transforming the traditionally held view that a performance can only take place where the actor and the audience are physically present ...
Mergers and Acquisitions, Risk Management, Institutional Characteristics and Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
Commercial banks operate in a volatile operational and legal environment that is
fraught with competition. Commercial bank regulators have established stringent
requirements to protect depositors in the event of a bank ...
State Failure and Maritime Insecurity: an Analysis of Somali Piracy, 1991 - 2012
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
This thesis set to unravel Somali piracy, a recent phenomenon of maritime trade’s centuries-old
disruptive transgression. This thesis seeks to interrogate the sources, anatomy, and implications
of a systemic Somali piracy. ...
Non-recognition of Intersex Persons and Its Impact on Their Human Rights: the Case of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
As a law student in the early eighties, a friend undertaking a course in midwifery and I used to share our daily learning experiences. One day, she told me about a child who had been born with female and male external ...
Strategic Leadership, Organizational Structure, Knowledge Sharing and Strategy Implementation in Commercial Banks in South Sudan
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
Researchers and practitioners in strategic management are figuring out why some organizations implement their strategies better than others irrespective of their leadership capabilities in place. A thriving financial sector ...
The Political Economy of Wars in Mount Elgon, 1968-2008
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
The current understanding of armed conflict is often mediated by the dichotomy between nurture
and nature, genetic and social disposition to violence. Away from this prevalent binary, the
recent study made an attempt to ...
Intonation in Ekegusii, Its Interaction With Information Structure and How It is Perceived by Native Speakers
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
The work presented in this thesis is a description of the structure of intonation and its interaction with information structure units, perception and interpretation in Ekegusii. This description was aimed at meeting the ...
Communication, socio-economic and cultural factors influencing campaigns against drugs and substance abuse among youths in Kenya: a case study of High school students in Nairobi
(2007)
This study sought to examine the communication, socio-economic and cultural factors
influencing campaigns against drugs and substance abuse with a particular focus on
students in high schools in Nairobi. In particular ...
Change in Gender Roles as a Factor in Gender Participation and Empowerment in the Oil Mining Industry: a Case of Lokichar, Turkana County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
The descriptive aspect of this study suggests that gender roles in the oil mining industry be revised. Women have the opportunity to be empowered and involved in the production and processing of oil. The main objective of ...
Learning Orientation, Firm Innovation, Senior Executive Team Integration and Competitive Advantage of Insurance Companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
This study aimed to advance knowledge and was based on the premise that learning
orientation affected competitive advantage through the moderating effect of senior
executive team integration and the mediating effect of ...