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Effects of Free Primary Education on Pupils' Participation in Primary Schools in Bumula Division, Bungoma District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2005)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Free Primary Education on pupils' participation in primary schools in Bumula Division, Bungoma District. Specifically the study aimed at accomplishing the following ...
Physical Development Planning in Peri-urban Areas:.a Case Study of King'ong'o and Kimumu of Eldoret Municipality
(2004)
Urbanization is one of the most important demographic trends of the twenty first century,
and growth is particularly rapid in the lower income countries. The majority of urban
growth is associated with the rapid expansion ...
Negotiation and Conciliation as Methods of Resolving Disputes Over International Watercourses; the Case of the Nile Basin
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
"Internationally shared bodies of water create political, social and economic tensions and disputes concerning the distribution and use of resource management. Furthermore, when a resource base extends across a political ...
Urban Agricultural and Its Role in Ensuring Food Security in Nairobi Thumbnail
(University of Nairobi,, 2005-09)
The need for urban centers to provide adequate food for a healthy and active labour force
key to the development of any economy. In Kenyan urban centers and particularly Nairobi. the rapid growth of population has placed ...
Developing and Maintaining High Standards of Discipline Among Students in Public Secondary Schools in Nyando District, Nyanza Province, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2007)
The increasing rate of unrest in schools that has been accelerated by factors within and outside the school environment has led to ineffective and inefficient ways in which schools are run; and at the same time it has ...
Effective Behaviour Change Strategies in Environmental Communication: a Case Study of Youth Involvement in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
This study discuses the involvement of youths in behaviour change communication interventions. It is based on a case study that was carried out on respondents hailing from Eastlands neighbourhood estates of Korogocho, ...
Environmental Impacts of Some Scenarios of Land-use Change: a Gis Assisted Assessment of Soil Erosion Hazard in the Mutirithia-kariunga Area of Laikipia District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2000)
Characterizing soil erosion hazard and its spatial variability is critical for maintaining
user confidence in planning soil- and water- conservation programmes and general
land-use management. Predicting the average rates ...
A Study of Performance Contracting Practices Among Non-governmental Organizations in the Health Sector in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2009-11)
The focus of research was on study of performance contracting practices among NGOs
in the health sector in Kenya. Performance contracting has been viewed as a strategic
aspect on government institutions. The implementation ...
An Assessment of the Contribution of the Shifting Focal Area Agricultural Extension Approach in Kiambaa Division of Kiambu District
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
This study focused on the Shifting Focal Area Agricultural (SFAA) extension approach that has been applied by the National Agriculture and Livestock Extension Programme (NALEP) since the year 2000 and funded by the Swedish ...
Social Capital and Good Governance in Kenyan Public Provisioning
(University of Nairobi,, 2007)
In the past decade and a half or so, the pace of civil service reforms in Africa has
increased with high profile donor support as well as a growing demand locally for
improved service delivery, greater accountability and ...