Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Chinese direct investments in Africa: motivations and environmental implications
(University of Nairobi, 2016)China’s foreign direct investment in Africa is poised to continue to expand rapidly in the coming years. However, investment has not come without costs, especially to the precious African environment. It is more important ... -
Female genital mutilation/cutting among the Wardei of Kenya: practice, effects, and prospects for alternative rites of passage
(University of Nairobi, 2016)This study focuses on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) with the aim of establishing the rationale, outcomes, and challenges it presents to the girls and their families, and whether there is scope for developing ... -
Communication methods used to disseminate corporate identity to employees by public universities in Kenya. (Jan 2016).
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Abstract- Internal communication in the public sector is an important factor in the improvement of service delivery especially in institutions of higher education hence this study to describe the communication methods ... -
The Structure of Corporate Identity Public Universities in Kenya have Adopted
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Faced with growing competition, universities are beginning to adopt Corporate Identity as a means to attract and maintain competent employees to drive their mission and goals. This study therefore seeks to examine the ... -
Islamic economics and Finance in 21st century
(University of Nairobi, 2016-08-08)Economics, in the framework of the Shariah, provides for independent functioning of market forces, but does not give absolute freedom to individuals (Keynes 1936) Islamic economics conforms to Islamic law and is grounded ... -
Managing natural resource conflicts in Kenya through negotiation and mediation
(University of Nairobi, 2016)With the promulgation of the 2010 Constitution of Kenya, the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms and Traditional Dispute Resolution Mechanisms (TDRMs) in managing natural resource conflicts was formalised. ... -
A Survey Of The Key Success Factors For Pharmaceutical Retail Business In The Nairobi Central Business District
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Human Capital Management Practices Adopted By The National Social Security Fund
(University Of Nairobi, 2008)ITic stuck- was earned out with the objective of determining the extent to which N.S.S.F has adopted HCM practices. ITic HCM practices which were explored include Resourcing, Retention and Flexibility Strategies, Talent ... -
Political Reforms in Kenya: A Case for Financing Political Parties in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2009)Regulating the financing of political parties has been a key debate in recent times in Africa. It has been argued that financing political parties enables them to play their role in the democratization process more ... -
Perspectives on archaeological heritage: a case study of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2005)Kenya is one of the few countries endowed with a rich and diversified archaeological heritage which spans the existence of humans from the remote past to the present. Most of the archaeological sites and monuments found ... -
An evaluation of some key ideas on privatisation in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2005)Experience of various economies has shown that privatisation is likely to be slow, and drawn out process rather that swift and all encompassing big bang, or mass privatisation. Therefore, the issue of sequencing i privatisation ... -
Hiv/aids and rural livelihoods in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2009)This article focuses on the impact of HIV/AIDS on rural livelihoods and makes some recommendations on how these can be mitigated.The article observes that HIV/AIDS has occasioned a change in the family social structure and ... -
Orthographies in a rapidly changing world:Negotiated compromises between several parties.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)This paper addresses the chalenges of orthograpphy development.To do this,it identifies and discussesthe compromises that must be made in terms of technical linguistic work,the practicalities of reading and the negotiation ... -
Education as a process of growth:An examination of the theory and its application in practice
(University of Nairobi, 2003)This article reveals that the concept of education as a process of growth is a difficult one.Philosophers are,therefore justified in being weary when pondering over its meaning,both in theory and practice.By way of ... -
Justification of legal justice
(University of Nairobi, 2003)This article studies the consequences of a rational understanding of natural law and derives both philosophical and legal conclusions.This forms the basis for an understanding of law in its originating principles.Some ... -
The industrial criminal
(University of Nairobi, 2003)In Cesare Lombroso's book:L'uomo deliquente (1876) we read about the physical characteristics of the Criminal Man..In ''The industrial criminal'' ,we argue that like motor cars,criminals in Africa are produced through a ... -
Dahl's law in Kitharaka
(University of Nairobi, 2003)This paper discusses the nature of Dahl's law in Kitharaka.It is shown that the rule has diachronically operated on Kitharaka roots and that it operates on the prefixes synchronically.Morever,it is argued that,whereas the ... -
The manipulation of the Constitution of Kenya,1963-1996:A reflective essay
(University of Nairobi, 2003)From 1963 to 1996,the Kenya Constitution went through changes that were politically motivated,narrow in scope,and detrimental to the emerging state whose official goal was to create a nation.It is possible,therefore,to ... -
Relational patterns of urbanisation and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa
(2016)Scholars of economic development have always hinted that the urbanisation process in the developing world does not follow the historical patterns discerned in the developed world where a strong relationship between a ... -
The effect of general elections on stock returns at the Nairobi securities exchange
(2015)The performance of the financial markets is significantly impacted by the political environment during eneral ellections. This paper focussed on the effect of general ellections on the stock retuns at the Nairobi ...