Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Outsourcing and Vision 2030: An analysis into Kenyas new economic frontier
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Vision 2030 is Kenya’s new blue print that aims at transforming the country into a middle income country by the year 2030. One of the identified sectors that will catalyst the achievement of Vision 2030 is Business ... -
Provision of Education in a post-conflict country A case of South- Sudan
(University of Nairobi, 2015-05)While the world is experiencing an unprecedented pe riod of peace in many countries and contexts, vast numbers of people are perishing in civil wars and f rom other diversities associated with failed and ... -
Alternative methods of financing higher education in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-05)The impact of the global financial crises on prospe cts for achieving equal access in education continu es to be a heavy burden for developing countries and its cit izens. In the face of increased poverty and ... -
Al-inkishafi: A ninteenth century swahili poem
(University of Nairobi, 2015-03)Within the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya’s northern coa st, creative writing has been thriving for at least three hundred years. Thanks to the coming to the region o f Arab immigrants and the introduction of Arabic ... -
Conflict Mitigation in Enhancing Discipline in Kenya’s Secondary Schools: DBA Africa Management Review
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Language policy in Kenya and the new constitution for vision 2030
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This article discusses the language situation in Kenya, beginning with an insightful history on language policies from the period when the country was still under British colonial rule. In post colonial Kenya, the newly ... -
The role of the church in enhancing multicultural education for positive social development in Kenya
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The establishment and development of an institutional repository at the University of Nairobi
(2010)Institutional repositories can provide a number of benefits for the research community. They can help to: enhance scholarly communication through improved access; improve visibility of both the researcher and their ... -
Determinants and Implications of Foreign Land Deals in Ugandan Communities
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06)Some of the factors that have been attributed to the global increase of Foreign Land Deals-FLDs include the three F's (food, fuel and finance) crises, and among others. However, most of the empirical evidences stem from ... -
Evidence on Challenges Faced by Manufacturing Informal Sector Micro-Enterprises in Nairobi and Their Relationship with Strategic Choice
(2014)The study sought to determine the challenges faced by Informal Sector Micro-Enterprises in the manufacturing sector as well as establish what influences, if any, they have on their strategic choice. Porter's competitive ... -
Assessing the efficiency of HIV prevention interventions in Kenya__ the ORPHEA project
(University of Nairobi, 2015-02)Despite limited resources for HIV prevention interventions, few empirical studies investigate the efficiency of HIV prevention interventions. Reliable data on costs and efficiency is critical to best inform the choice of ... -
A Generic Competitive Business Strategies Typology for Micro-Enterprises
(2012)The important role of the micro enterprises (ME) sector in generating growth, creating jobs and reducing poverty, especially in developing countries is widely acknowledged. Literature on competitive business strategy ... -
Gender, culture and entrepreneurship in Kenya
(2012)This study looked into how different cultural factors affect gender involvement in entrepreneurship in a multi-ethnic country, Kenya. A majority of previous similar studies have been done in Western, developed societies ... -
Limitations of hydrodynamical models with limited data available case study: Sondu river basin (Kenya)
(2000)The Surface Water Modeling System (SMS) model has been incorporated in the Sediment Transport and Watershed Management Component of the FRIEND/NILE project as a research tool for presenting practical solutions for sediment ...