Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Ethnography Of The Slaughterhouse :A Case Of Nanyuki Slaughterhouse In Laikipia County, Rift Valley, Kenya
(UoN, 2017)This paper focuses on establishing actors and their roles in the slaughterhouse processes in the Nanyuki slaughterhouse of Laikipia County. This is understood through the lens of the food system approach, based on the ... -
Challenges faced by women football players who participate in football leagues
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify challenges faced by women football players who participate in football leagues . Methodology: The study adopted a descriptive survey design . It was ... -
Factors influencing the participation of women in the local football leagues
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing the participation of women in the local football leagues . Methodology: The study adopted a descriptive survey design . It was ... -
The Kenyan perspective on adoption of green concept in biodiversity conservation: Case of Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Biodiversity is disappearing at alarming rate due to human civilization. The paper documents the benefits of adopting green concept environment ecosystem to salvage biodiversity loss through protection, conservation and ... -
The role of women in Socio-Economic Development: A Case Study of Women involved in small-scale business in Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The study main objective was to find out the role of women in socio-economic development, with a case study of women within the slums of Nairobi County. To achieve this objective, the study was guided by the following ... -
"We do not bury dead livestock like human beings": Community behaviors and risk of Rift Valley Fever virus infection in Baringo County, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: Rift Valley Fever (RVF), is a viral zoonotic disease transmitted by Aedes and Culex mosquitoes. In Kenya, its occurrence is associated with increased rains. In Baringo County, RVF was first reported in 2006-2007 ... -
Structural drivers of vulnerability to Zoonotic disease in Africa.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)This paper argues that addressing the underlying structural drivers of disease vulnerability is essential for a ‘One Health’ approach to tackling zoonotic diseases in Africa. Through three case studies—trypanosomiasis in ... -
Youth participation in smallholder livestock production and marketing.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Agriculture is a leading source of employment for rural populations in Kenya. Through a mixed methods approach, this study sought to investigate youth participation in smallholder livestock production and marketing in ... -
Stakeholders' perspective on disciplinary problems in Kenya's Secondary Schools.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Students exhibit negative behaviour in schools because they lack the social skills necessary to use in order to meet their basic needs. The skills that are necessary to interact in a constructive and cooperative manner ... -
Pedagogical implication of Schemata on reading comprehension in the English Language
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Reading is a psycholinguistic process involving a transaction between the mind of the reader and the language of the text. It is also a social psycholinguistic process because the reader- text transaction occurs within ... -
Counting unpaid work in Kenya: gender and age profiles of hours worked and imputed wage incomes
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The paper first presents profiles of unpaid work by age and gender before turning to profiles of their monetary values. We value unpaid work using a novel data set on hourly wages from the Kenya Gazette on salaries of ... -
The effect of small scale topographic gradient on the distribution and community utilization of indigenous woody species in a lowland Dryland environment, Tokapel area, Turkana, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The landscape of Lokapel is characterized by a distinctive dryland vegetation, whose distribution is influenced by altitudinal change and the use of woody species by the local community along 100 m altitudinal gradient ... -
Costs, revenues and profits: an economic analysis of smallholder tobacco farmer livelihoods in Malawi.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: The preservation of the economic livelihood of tobacco farmers is a common argument used to oppose tobacco control measures. However, little empirical evidence exists about these livelihoods. We seek to evaluate ... -
The socio-economic burden of human African trypanosomiasis and the coping strategies of households in the South Western Kenya foci.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)INTRODUCTION: Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), a disease caused by protozoan parasites transmitted by tsetse flies, is an important neglected tropical disease endemic in remote regions of sub-Saharan Africa. Although ... -
Dancing to the tune of opportunities –human settlements aligned to share the jackpot of Kenya's coastal tourism benefits spoil the broth
(University of Nairobi, 2017)This paper highlights how human settlements aligned themselves to share the benefits to arise from coastal tourism development in the Kenya coast, but have come to bedevil the industry through poor management of domestic ... -
The carbon footprints of alternative value chains for biomass energy for cooking in Kenya and Tanzania
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Due to its availability and affordability for poorer populations, wood-based biomass energy remains vital in meeting local energy demands – especially for cooking fuel – in many regions of the developing world. However, ... -
Green Manufacturing And Operational Performance Of A Firm: Case Of A Cement Manufacturing Firm In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Green Manufacturing includes all practices connected with ecological concerns that constantly incorporate environmental manufacturing processes and products. Green Manufacturing considers decrease from the start or prevention, ... -
Policy salience and election outcomes in contemporary american presidential elections (1972 -2000)
(University of Nairobi, 2017-08-10)This article examines the influence of policy salience on election outcomes using aggregate U.S. presidential election data and the American National Election Studies poll data from 1972 to 2000. It finds that salience ... -
High community expectation against low societal transformation through community based income generating activities. Analysis of participatory forest management in Kenya 2005-2013.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The implementation of the participatory forest management (PFM) starting 2005 was meant to help in forest management and also assist the forest adjacent communities to benefit from these forest based resources through agreement ... -
The moderating influence of industry competition on the relationship between corporate strategy and organizational performance
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The influence of strategic choice on performance is a subject of debate in strategic management. However, previous studies have yielded inconsistent results. While industrial organization economics theory and ...