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The role of recruitment firms in providing competent staff to organizations.
(University of Nairobi, 2007-08)
This study set to establish the role played by recruitment firms in providing competent
employees.
Hiring the right individual has become more critical than ever, and with it an intense
focus on honest, prudent, responsible ...
The pattern of serum sodium and osmolality in patients with severe head injury admitted in the intensive care unit at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
A prospective study on the pattern of serum sodium and osmolality in patients with severe head injury admitted to the Kenyatta National Hospital, ICU was carried out between January 2007- April 2007.
During this period, ...
The role of truth commissions in reconciling post conflict societies: a case study of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
The research critically examines the reconciliation process as one the ways to build peace with the aim of finding out what it really means to reconcile post-conflict societies. The study critically looks at truth, justice ...
Phytochemical investigation of schizozygia coffaeoides baill. (apocyncaceae) for antimicrobial principles
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
The air dried and ground stem bark of Schizozygia coffaeoides was extracted with dichloromethane/methanol (1:1) by cold exhaustive percolation. This crude extract was subjected to different chromatographic techniques which ...
An exploratory study of changes in fertility across developing countries.
(2002)
The objective of this work is to explain changes in fertility across developing countries. This is done by estimating the levels of degree of preference implementation for the sixty selected countries with the required ...
The determinants of cognitive achievements in primary schools in Kenya
(2005-09)
This study analyses the relationship between educational inputs and cognitive achievements in reading English and Mathematics for primary schools in Kenya with a view to identify inputs, which are most effective in raising ...
Effects of cotton growing on household food Security in arid and semi-arid lands: the example of Barwessa division in Baringo district Kenya".
(2009)
This study was motivated by the need to understand the interplay
between cotton farming in Barwessa and household food security
in the area.
The study was centered on three main objectives:
• To examine the extent to ...
Metaphysical foundations of morality
(2001-12)
As the world makes progress in the consideration of humanity, with so many organizations to promote this nobility, there are also many setbacks in the spectrum of individual and/or collective action. Not necessarily that ...
Biomass energy consumption in dryland towns: a case study of emerging urban settlements in Kitui district
(University of Nairobi, 2006-09)
Globally, resource degradation is being experienced in several fronts: among them land,
water, forestry, and air. The prime contributors have been industrialization, human
settlement and urbanization. In Kenya human ...
Environmental degradation
(2002)
As the awareness of the environmental crisis has increased, numerous
scholars, environmentalists and other vocal groups have stood to defend the
environment. In the meantime, much of the onus of responsibility for ...