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Application of Lean Production Techniques: a Survey of Large Construction Firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2005)
Construction practitioners have focused their attention on conversion processes, with little
attention given to now activities, leading to uncertain flow processes, expansion or non
value-adding activities and waste. ...
Gender Issues in Land Inheritance Rights and the Feminization of Poverty a Case Study Ofnkuene Location of the Meru District, Eastern
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
This project paper explores the gender issues in land inheritance rights in
Nkuene location of the Meru district in the Easter province of Kenya.
It explores the attitudes of this particular community to women inheriting ...
The Role of Fort Jesus Museum in Socio-economic Development of the People of Mombasa, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2005-08)
The purpose of the study was to investigate the role played by the Fort Jesus Museum (FJM) in
the socio-economic development of the local community. Specifically, the study aimed at
identifying the financial spillovers ...
Conservation Challenges Facing the Heritage of Mama Ngina Drive Public Park, Mombasa
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
Cultural landscape as part of our heritage presents conservation challenges
despite the current use. The role played by the community in the management of
sites needed to be taken as a matter of urgency. The study also ...
Museum Exhibitions as Educational Tools: a Case Study of Fort Jesus Museum, Mombasa, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
The understanding that many people visit the museum because they desire to encounter
or learn something new and enrich their lives prompted this study. The study
endeavoured to bring out the strategies that will help in ...
Foreign Exchange Risk Management Practices by Foreign Owned Commercial Banks in Kenya
(Univesity Of Nairobi, 2005)
This research endeavoured to achieve three objectives: to ascertain the foreign exchange
risk management practices of foreign owned commercial banks in Kenya, to determine
the extent of foreign exchange risk management ...
An Evaluation of the Risk and Returns of Equity Mutual Funds in Kenya
(Univesity Of Nairobi, 2005)
The study set out to evaluate the relationship between risk (as measured by
both the standard deviation of total return and coefficient of variation) and
net returns of equity mutual funds in Kenya. In addition, the study ...
Entrepreneurship, Productivity and International Trade: a Study of Three Catalysts of Economic Growth
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
Pre and Post Financial Performance of Firms Privatized Through the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(Univesity Of Nairobi, 2005)
The study sought to find out ifthere is a major difference in performance of State owned
enterprises firms privatized through the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE). In addition it had
an objective of developing a predictive ...
Ethnoveterinary Perceptions and Practices and Their Relationship to Human Healthcare in Nyan'goma Division Bondo District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
This study was conducted among the Luo livestock farmers of Nyang'oma division of Bondo district, western
Kenya. The overall objective of this study was to identify and discuss lay people's perceptions and practices
about ...