Browsing Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM) by Title
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Understanding Discourse at Word Level
(Department of Linguistics, University of Nairobi, 2013)This paper explores how discourse structure is cascaded from processes emerging at the word and graduating through various levels of hierarchy to affect both purpose of text and meanings therein. At the heart of the argument ... -
Understanding Enforceability Challenges Facing Equality Rights Under Art. 27 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)By illustrating the theoretical framework of equality rights the author seeks to explain some of the key challenges facing their enforceability and constitutionality in the Kenyan modern legal system. Under the Constitution ... -
Understanding environmental communication (co-edited with Margaret Karembu)(published by ACCE-Kenya)
(University of Nairobi,School of Journalism, 1999)Evidence indicates that environmental concerns have not been given the critical attention they deserve in many developing countries. The reverse is the case in most countries in the North. In Journalists for example, tend ... -
Understanding Female Circumcision from the Circumcisers' Perspective
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2006)The resistance of circumcisers can be a substantial obstacle to the eradication of female genital mutilation (FGM). As part of a broader study on FGM conducted in Kenya's Machakos, Nyeri, and Embu districts, in-depth ... -
Understanding Language Shift And Culture Change: The Case Of A Kenyan Generation
(University of Nairobi,Depatrment of Linguistic and Languages, 2006) -
Understanding Linguistics - Introductory Survey
(University of NairobiDepartment of literature and language, 2005) -
Understanding linguistics, Introductory Survey, Manuscript Reviewed
(Department of Linguistics, University of Nairobi, 2002) -
Understanding Mobile Banking from a theoretical lens: Case studies of selected Kenyan m-Banking Products
(University of Nairobi, 2015-10)Characteristic of every developing nation, Kenya has found itself at crossroads; defining the banking industry with the urge to provide banking services to majority of the unbanked populations. Mobile banking is a banking ... -
Understanding modern Korea through oral testimonies
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The story of a people’s lives can be read as the story of the place in which they live. In April 2012 I conducted research in the cities of Seoul, Gwangju, Mohyeon and surrounding areas in South Korea. I collected ... -
Understanding Oral Literature
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Understanding Oral Literature
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Understanding Philosophy: A text for science based students of Philosophy
(University of NairobiFaculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 1993) -
Understanding Philosophy: A text for science based students of Philosophy
(University of NairobiFaculty of Arts, 1993) -
Understanding social freedom and humanism in Odera Oruka's philosophy
(Department of Philosophy and Religious studies, University of Nairobi, 2012-12)H. Odera Oruka’s philosophy, as can be discerned from his various works, revolves around the issue of social justice. In this paper I seek to show how Oruka’s idea of social justice is inextricably bound up with his ... -
Understanding the acceptability and adherence to paediatric antiretroviral treatment in the new formulation of pellets (LPV/r): the protocol of a realist evaluation.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: Improving access to paediatric HIV treatment requires both large-scale treatment programmes and medication that is adapted to infants and children's needs. The WHO recommends lopinavir/ritonavir as first-line ... -
“Understanding the Business Systems in Kenya: Firm Response to Changing Market Environment in the Metal Products Sector”
(University of NairobiCollege of humanities and social sciences, university of Nairobi, 2002) -
Understanding the context of HIV risk behavior among HIV-positive and HIV-negative female sex workers and male bar clients following antiretroviral therapy rollout in Mombasa, Kenya.
(Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, USA., 2011)This study explored perceptions of HIV following local introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART), among 30 HIV-positive and -negative female sex workers (FSWs) and 10 male bar patrons in Mombasa, Kenya. Semi-structured ... -
Understanding the HIV/STI risks and prevention needs of men who have sex with men in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of NairobiInstitute of African Studies, 2005)Background Improving access to paediatric HIV treatment requires large-scale antiretroviral treatment programmes and medication adapted to infants and children’s needs. The World Health Organisation recommends ... -
Understanding the role of informal pit emptiers in sanitation in Nairobi through case studies in Mukuru and Kibera settlements
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Achieving universal sanitation in informal settlements will depend on improved onsite sanitation, as sewer systems are unlikely to be viable solutions due to technical and political constraints. In Nairobi, Kenya, 60% ... -
Understanding yields in alley cropping maize (Zea mays L. ) and Cassia siamea Lam. under semi-arid conditions in Machakos, Eastern Kenya
(Department of Geography, University of NairobiDepartment of Environmental Sciences, C.T. de Wit Graduate School of Production Ecology and Resource Conservation, Wageningen University, Netherlands.Department of Botany, University of NairobiDepartment of Meteorology, University of Nairobi, 2001)Six seasons of experiments in Machakos, Kenya, revealed that above about 150 mm of rainfall, maize yields per row in alley cropped "replacement" agroforestry (AF) plots, of Cassia siamea Lam. and maize (Zea mays, cv. ...