Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Human wildlife conflict as a threat to human security in southern Africa: a case of northern Botswana (2008 – 2018).
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Human Wildlife Conflict has been a protracted socio-economic challenge that confront all global human and wildlife habitats. Given its severity in majority of African states, where variety of wild animal population are ... -
Performance Contracting and Service Delivery of Managers in the Coastal Region Counties of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Performance contracting plays a key role in generating the desired behaviours with more emphasis on the outcome. Following the introduction of a devolved system of governance by the Constitution of Kenya (2010), County ... -
Multilateral forest management initiatives and environmental security in East Africa: a case study of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Multilateral forest management is the international agreement that covers provisions whose intention is to control certain actions connected to forests. Nevertheless, there is no general lawful instrument in which forests ... -
Determinants of Choice of Cesarean Section Among Women of Child-bearing Age in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Improving the availability, accessibility, quality and, use of maternal health services is an important WHO policy to reduce maternal mortality globally. The WHO sets a threshold of 10% -15% of live births as a quality ... -
Effect of Marketing Information Systems on Competitive Advantage of Ict Application Service Providers in Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Today, significance of information is posed as an important tactical and strategic source in making short-term and tactical decisions as well as in enjoying strategic advantages in long-term programs of the organization. ... -
Paternal Education Migrant and Its Effect on Left Behind Child Education
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Migration for education and economic empowerment is increasingly becoming an important global agenda in the 21st century. The number of migrating fathers for education is on the rise. Often these fathers leave behind their ... -
Effect of Leagile Supply Chain Management on Operational Performance of Hotels in Mombasa County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Leagile supply chain management (LASCM) that incorporates both leanness and agility to ensure efficiency while maintaining responsiveness. Lean and agile approaches rely on zero waste and stocks safety respectively in an ... -
Christian Krachts Abenteuerroman IMPERIUM: Ein Buch zwischen postkolonialer Komik und rechtslastigem Gedankengut? Eine Untersuchung aus afrikanischer Perspektive
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Among several novels of modern German-language literature from the last 20 years that deal with German colonialism the novel IMPERIUM by Christian Kracht stands out and has led to a broad debate all over the German-speaking ... -
The Role of Media in Maintaining Peace and Security in Africa: Case Study of Kenya 2007-2017
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This research was aimed analyzing the role of media in maintaining peace and security in Africa, a case study of Kenya 2007-2017. The main tasks were investigating the extent to which the media has been able to maintain ... -
Logistics Outsourcing Practices and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Mogadishu, Somalia
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The general objective of the study was to establish the effect of logistics outsourcing practices on performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Mogadishu, Somalia. The study was guided by the following specific objectives: ... -
The Role of Media in Maintaining Peace and Security in Africa: Case Study of Kenya 2007-2017
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This research was aimed analyzing the role of media in maintaining peace and security in Africa, a case study of Kenya 2007-2017. The main tasks were investigating the extent to which the media has been able to maintain ... -
An assessment of East Africa community dispute resolution mechanisms and prospects of sustainable peace (2012-2018).
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Dispute resolution mechanisms have been used as fronts for cultivating sustainable peace in the East Africa Community. However, the success of this approach has not fully been documented. This is because the East Africa ... -
Challenges to security enforcement in East Africa: case study of the impact of refugees’ influx in Uganda (2010-2017).
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This research study assesses the effects of refugees’ influx to security enforcement primarily in Kampala City, Uganda. The study specifically assesses transnational crime as an emerging threat and thus analyzes the ... -
National dialogue as a strategy for intra-state conflict resolution in Africa: the case study of Anglophone Cameroon
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Even though National Dialogue is known to have played a significant role in intra-state conflict resolution in Africa, in Cameroon, its effectiveness was reduced due to lack of inclusivity and failure to address the root ... -
Evaluation of the Impact of Multi −agency Counter Terrorism Strategy on Youth Radicalization in Kenya- a Case of Mombasa County
(University of Nairobi, 2020)One of the challenges of tackling violent radicalization lies in the elusiveness of the concept. The possible motivation, ideas and other factors that drive an individual towards violent radicalization can be diverse and ... -
Strategic Leadership and Performance of University Alumni Associations in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The study’s aim was to determine how strategic leadership affects performance of University Alumni Associations in Kenya. The study data was collected among 90 managers of University Alumni Associations in Kenya. The study ... -
Customer Experience Management and Loyalty in Fast Moving Consumer Goods in Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Customer experience increasingly taking the center stage as an approach firms are using to ensure customer loyalty as a means of improving sales and profitability. The management of a firm focuses on how that customer will ... -
Role of undemocratic leadership and governance in fuelling intra-state conflicts in Africa: The case study of Cameroon.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This study explored the role of undemocratic leadership in fuelling intra-state conflict. In addition, the study illustrates tangible policy measures that will mitigate against undemocratic leadership and governance in ... -
The implications of corruption on Kenya’s sustainable development and economic growth
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The aim of this study was to analyze the implications of corruption in Kenya’s Sustainable development and Economic growth. Kenya as a county has faced a number of economic challenges. The most devastating challenge that ... -
Gender based violence and International human rights question: a case of female genital mutilation in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Gender based violence (GBV) come in different forms and all go against human rights. From the literature, the study has highlighted some of the GBV and narrowed down to FGM which formed the basis of the study. The study ...