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Infrastructural constraints and performance of Uganda's manufacturing
(2007)
The period 2005/06 witnessed an unprecedented deterioration of important infrastructure (mainly
manifested in unreliable electric power supply) that is of crucial importance to almost all
productive activity. Indeed, ...
The response of counselor training to the changing social environment: a case study of the counseling programme at the department of so ciology, university of Nairobi.
(2007)
Counseling is a relatively new profession in Kenya. A large majority of the existing practicing counselors, therefore, remains untrained. This jeopardizes the chances of recovery of their clients from problems that afflict ...
Persuasion and persistence:Female Circumcision among the Embu, Kisii and Somali of Kenya
(2007)
This is a comparative study of female circumcision (Fe) among the Embu, Kisii and Somali societies of Kenya. This study was both exploratory and explanatory in nature. The main objective of the study was to ...
Strategies in corporate communication
(2007-10)
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of information, education and communication (lEC) materials
as a communication strategy at the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). The TSC has since 1999 embarked ...
Factors influencing the effectiveness of the Nairobi river basin project campaigns on environment degradation: a study of Kianda village, Kibera
(University of Nairobi, 2007-10)
This study sought to assess the factors that influence the effectiveness of the Nairobi River Basin project campaigns against environmental degradation within Kianda village, Kibera. It
endeavored to establish the social ...
Effectiveness of internal organizational communication models: a case study of the ministry of planning and national development
(2007-08)
The study sought to determine internal communication channels used
by senior managers at the Ministry of Planning and National
Development to communicate to the junior staff.
Specifically, the study objectives included ...
A pragmatic analysis of gikuyu lexical euphemism in hiv/aids discourse
(University of Nairobi., 2007)
The most significant strategy in curbing the spread of HIV has been declared to be
behaviour change. It takes language to persuade people to change their behaviour.
This study is essentially an investigation on language ...
Challenges facing the Kenyan tea industry in exporting of value-added (Branded) tea
(2007-09)
The broad objective of the study was to establish the challenges facing the Kenyan tea
industry in exporting of value-added (branded) tea. The study further sought to establish
the extent of world market access and ...
Profitability of operating cash flow based trading strategy at the Nairobi stock exchange
(2007)
This study was meant to establish whether a cashflow based investment strategy
can yield significantly better returns than the general market performance, as
represented by the NSE index.
Financial reports were obtained ...
Effects of fragmentation of trade unions on collective bargaining in Kenya's hotel industry : a case study of KUDHEIHA and KHANDU
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
This study focuses on the effects of fragmentation of trade Unions on Collective Bargaining in Kenya's hotel industry. The main elements about which information was gathered were KUDHEIHA workers and KHANDU. How splintering ...