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Dividend Announcements and Market Value of Shares in the Agricultural Companies Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Abstract: This study investigated the information value of dividend payout announcements and the market value of shares in the agricultural companies listed at Nairobi stock Exchange (NSE). It used a modified market model ... -
Kiswahili translation on the scientific and space-related terminology
(University of Nairobi, 2016)This paper explores space dictionary translation to Kiswahili and its potential to arouse interest for building African space technology capacity. Kiswahili is spoken in 12 countries making 26.8% African population; in ... -
Influence Of Monitoring And Evaluation On Sustainability Of HIV/Aids Programmes Among Community Based Organizations In Kericho County, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Community based organizations encounter many challenges related to monitoring and evaluation. This study focused on monitoring and evaluation on sustainability of community based organizations. Therefore, the main objective ... -
Influence Of Human Capacity for Monitoring And Evaluation Systems on Provision of Health Care Services In Public Health Institutions in Migori County
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Provision of health services in hospitals lack priority that it should enjoy in terms of monitoring and evaluation. Developed countries have pursued results orientated development initiatives by adopting more effective ... -
Influence Of Financing Promotion Activities As A Component Of Sanitation Financing Program On Community Livelihood In Urban Informal Settlement Of Obunga, Kisumu County, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The study sought to investigate the influence of financing promotion activities as a component of sanitation financing programme on community livelihood in urban informal settlements of Kisumu County, Kenya. The purpose ... -
Impacts of land use and land cover change on surface runoff, discharge and low flows: Evidence from East Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Region East Africa. Focus A review of catchment studies (n = 37) conducted in East Africa evaluating the impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Changes (LULCC) on discharge, surface runoff, and low flows. New hydrological ... -
IDIS Journal of International Studies and Diplomacy :Countering Terrorism in the 21st Century Africa
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Building Pastoralists’ Resilience To Shocks For Sustainable Disaster Risk Mitigation: Lessons From West Pokot County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Most pastoralists’ in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) are adversely affected by climate-change related shocks such as droughts and livestock diseases. These shocks lead to deterioration of livestock quality and even mass death ... -
Influence of supply-side factors on voluntary medical male circumcision costs in Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, and Zambia.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)BACKGROUND: In this study, we described facility-level voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) unit cost, examined unit cost variation across facilities, and investigated key facility characteristics associated with ... -
Prosocial Emotion, Adolescence, and Warfare : DNA Methylation Associates with Culturally Salient Combat Variables.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Examining the costs and motivations of warfare is key to conundrums concerning the relevance of this troubling phenomenon to the evolution of social attachment and cooperation, particularly during adolescence and young ... -
Effectiveness of interventions for dementia in low- and middle-income countries: protocol for a systematic review, pairwise and network meta-analysis.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)INTRODUCTION: There are more people living with dementia in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) than in high-income countries. Evidence-based interventions to improve the lives of people living with dementia and ... -
Effects of Outsourcing Strategy on Procurement Performance among Universities in Kenya
(International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 2014-11)The main objective of the study is to determine the effects of outsourcing strategy on procurement performance among Universities in Kenya. The study found that contracting, comprehensive outsourcing, licensing agreement ... -
SOCIAL MEDIA USE BY THE DEAF IN BUSINESS AT NAIROBI, KENYA
(University of Nairobi, 2018-10)Social media for business is the new frontier for deaf Kenyans, due to the information gap they often experience as they navigate a largely speaking and hearing world. This case studyon the use of social media platforms ... -
Political Economy of Kenya & the 2017 General Elections
(2019-03)n 2017, Kenya held two presidential elections in succession after the new apex court, the Supreme Court, annulled the August 2017 presidential results in which the incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the ... -
The New Curriculum of Education in Kenya: a Linguistic and Education Paradigm Shift.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The current system of education in Kenya is the 8-4-4 structure, where children study for eight years of Basic (primary) education, four years of Secondary education and four years of University education. This system was ... -
Kenya Sign Language (KSL) Phonology: Articulatory Properties and Phonological Processes
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The study of phonology is concerned with the contrastive units of language whether these contrastive units are based on an audio language (like spoken languages) or a visual language (like ... -
Kenya Sign Language (KSL) Phonology: Articulatory Properties And Phonological Processes
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The study of phonology is concerned with the contrastive units of language whether these contrastive units are based on an audio language (like spoken languages) or a visual language (like ... -
The Gender Variable In The Meanings Assigned To Three English Address Terms By Teachers In Kenya
(UoN, 2018)This paper investigated the range of meanings assigned to the address terms madam, boss and my dear in English usage in Kenya, with gender as an independent variable. It started from three working hypotheses: a) both men ... -
Topic, Focus, And Word Order In The Kiswahili Clause
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The Kiswahili language has been classified as an SVO language. This paper argues that the SVO word order is dependent on the occurrence of both the subject and object overtly. When the two do not surface overtly, the word ... -
Interlanguage Variability In The Use Of French Auxiliary Verbs By Low-Proficiency Learners Of French In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)This paper set out to identify the variants of the rules governing the choice of the auxiliary (whether avoir, ‘to have’ or être, ‘to be’) in the passé composé tense in the French of low-proficiency learners in Kenya. Data ...
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