Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Investigating the Knowledge and Attitudes towards Plastic Pollution among the Youth in Nairobi, Kenya
(MPDI, 2021-10-22)Kenya has made many attempts to regulate the production of single-use plastics through partial bans and the imposition of hefty taxes. Whereas government initiatives are crucial to resolving single-use plastic pollution, ... -
Competitive strategies and performance of project based Non-Governmental Organizations in Kenya
(DBA Africa Management Review, 2021-12-01)Organizations that fail to reform themselves with an aim of achieving accountability, efficiency and superior influence in a gradually more global competitive environment are bound to die a natural ... -
The influence of the moderating role of logistics information systems on the relationship between logistics management practices and customer satisfaction of shippers in Kenya
(DBA Africa Management Review, 2021-12-01)The objective of this study was to establish the effect of Logistics Information Systems (LISs) on the relationship between Logistics Management Practices (LMPs) and customer satisfaction of shippers in Kenya. A hypothesis ... -
The influence of person –job fit on intention to leave among medical workers of Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda
(DBA Africa Management Review, 2021-12-01)This study aimed at establishing the influence of person –job fit on intention to leave among medical workers of Mulago National Referral Hospital in Uganda. The review of literature revealed that ... -
Influence of strategy implementation on performance of Kenya owned state corporations
(DBA Africa Management Review, 2021-12-01)Globally, State Corporations are legal entities that undertake commercial activities in addition to other public policy objectives on behalf of an owner. In Kenya, State Corporations (SCs) were established to accelerate ... -
Person –job fit on intention to leave employee rewards, work environment, and employee performance at the Kenya Police Service
(DBA Africa Management Review, 2021-12-01)The study sought to establish the moderating effect of work environment on the relationship between employee rewards and employee performance in Kenya police service. The study was anchored on ... -
The mediating effect of trading activity on the relationship between market information risk and price discovery for stocks listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(DBA Africa Management Review, 2021-12-01)Besides being one of the yardsticks for assessing the quality of financial decisions by management in the maximisation of shareholders wealth, stock markets around the world provide unparalleled investment destination ... -
Privatisation of public enterprises in COMESA: An exploration of approaches and strategies: the case of the privatization of Telkom Kenya
(UON, 2006)This thesis investigates Kenya's approach to the privatization process through an exploration of Telkom Kenya's (TKL) unfolding privatization. The thesis research identifies outlines and documents the developments in Kenya's ... -
China’s Approach to Development in Africa: A Case Study of Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway
(Council on Foreign Relatioons, 2021-10-13)China has become a major donor to African states over the past twenty years, but its approach to development has become a source of debate among African opinion leaders and outside experts. Some opinion leaders believe ... -
Characteristics and outcomes of patients with an unscheduled return visit within 72 hours to the Paediatric Emergency Centre at a Private Tertiary Referral Hospital in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021-06)Introduction: Patients' unscheduled return visits (URVs) to the paediatric emergency Centre (PEC) contribute to overcrowding and affect health service delivery and overall quality of care. This study assessed the characteristics ... -
Does mass drug administration of azithromycin reduce child mortality?
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Plugging Generic Gaps By Including The Literary Essay In The Kiswahili Secondary School Curriculum In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)It is a truism that professionalism or academic acumen is a gradual process that is patiently nurtured from pre-school through primary and secondary school education before being solidified at a tertiary level or ... -
Restaging Oral Narrative in Civic Education
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Oral literature as an agent of culture and reflection of the same is inherently dynamic. It has overtime served different generations existing under various socio-economic conditions. Drawing from different historical ... -
Imagining the Kenyan Canaan Dream Journey in Cyber Space
(University of Nairobi, 2021)With technological advances made in contemporary times, new literary genres have emerged in digital space, with an attendant rise in the performance of rhetorical discourse on social media platforms. In the run up to Kenyan ... -
Applied Theatre as a Medium of Communal Communication: 'access to Justice' Project in Kwale, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The idea of applied theatre is based on the fact that societies have used oral performances as a channel of communication and socialization across time and space. The participants of these events deal with the immediate ... -
The Role of Material Research in Product Development and Sustainability of Handicraft Industries in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)There is little in-depth research that can assist the informal handcraft sector in Kenya in using use material exploration as a catalyst in the design of diverse innovative products. This paper therefore explores how product ... -
Caregivers as Aids to People With Visual Mobility Disability in Interior Spaces in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)The purpose of this study was to explore extent to which people with visual disabilities in University of Nairobi use caregivers as aids to mobility and the challenges experienced by both. Non participatory observation ... -
Appraisal of Human-centred Design as a Public Health Tool- Curbing the Incidence of Lifestyle Diseases in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Recent studies in Kenya show that Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs), also referred to as lifestyle diseases, contribute to approximately 4 of every 10 adult deaths annually. The rising burden of lifestyle diseases is of ... -
1“bottom-up” Approach: a Community-based Intervention in Fighting Non Communicable Diseases in Urban Informal Settlements, Nairobi – Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Objective: The main objective of this study was to identify challenges faced by healthcare front-liners towards health promotion in the prevention and management of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) amongst the urban 25 - ... -
Folklore and identity in Joe Khamisi’s selected autobiographical works
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Guided by autobiographical and post-colonial theories, this study identified and discussed the use of folklore for sociopolitical identity in Joe Khamisi’s autobiography. The specific objectives were to identify the ...