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Ergativity in dholuo: A comparative study
(University of Nairobi., 2006)
This work strives to account for ergative construction traits in Dholuo. It does this by comparing elements of Dholuo Syntax and Morphology to that of Shilluk and Pari which are sister languages to Dholuo. Shilluk and Pari ...
The role of health in economic growth in Kenya
(2006-07)
Good health produces healthy people capable of participating in economic, social
and political development of a country. Better health improves labour productivity as it reduces production losses caused by worker illness ...
Effects of conflict on women: A case of Sudanese women in diaspora (1990 - 2005)
(2006)
Women are not strangers to conflict. They have witnessed the direct impact of conflict on their
families, friends and the community. Women have been abducted, raped in camps, forced into
prostitution, gang raped and ...
Gender inequality in rural Kenya: Evidence from murang' a district in central Kenya
(2006)
This paper gives a detailed account of gender inequality in a rural setting. Reasons behind this
difference have been cited as poor definition of property rights regarding customary laws of
inheritance of property and ...
A survey of downsizing strategies and performance of chemical manufacturing firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
The central problem of this study was that while downsizing had been practiced in Kenya for
some time, there was little enquiry about downsizing within the chemical manufacturing
context. The purpose of this study was ...
Testing for the reliability of the Nairobi Stock exchange indices
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
The stock market indices are today a vital tool for both economists and actors in the
financial world. The multiplication and the very importance given to the indices raise the
question of their accuracy and of the ...
Effects of land use change on the soil physical properties and stream-flow - in bathi catchment (BC) in Lari Division Kiambu District
(2006)
This study examines effects of land use changes on the soil physical properties and
- stream-flow response in the Bathi Catchment (BC) in the Kenyan highlands. Land use
changes in the tropics affect soil-water and energy ...
The impact of minimum wage legislation on employment in kenyan manufacturing sector 1970-2001
(2006)
The impact of minimum wages on the labor market has been a recurrent and
controversial issue in the theoretical and empirical literature. Most of the studies
have focused on industrialized countries and the few on ...
A survey of corporate venturing in large scale manufacturing companies In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
This research study set out to establish the extent to which large scale manufacturing companies
in Kenya practice corporate venturing and to determine what motivates corporate venturing by
large scale manufacturing ...
The uses of satire in selected Songs by Newton Kariuki
(2006)
This study is an analysis of satire as a literary device that has been used in oral literature.
The. study proceeds with an assumption that the satirist singer has employed various
techniques of satire effectively relating ...