Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Key Building Blocks for Effective Tax Systems in Developing Countries Utilizing the Theory of the Development of the Fiscal State
(2013)In this article, the authors explore tax and development from the perspective of a sound tax system as a key indicator of the growth of the fiscal state and conclude that such a system should be based on elementary building ... -
Is women empowerment good for our economy?
(The StandardSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2013)Nairobi, Kenya: It has been argued that power lost must be gained by someone else. There cannot be power floating somewhere in the air waiting to be grabbed; ask grand coalition members. One of the recent developments ... -
Nile River bank erosion and protection
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Privacy vs. Security: Was Orwell Right?
(The StandardSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2013) -
Kenya’s economic prospects after the polls, an interview with Voice of America
(Voice of AmericaSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 19-02-13) -
New leadership in china, a commentary to Xinhua
(XinhuaSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2013) -
MAKUENI DISTRICT PROFILE: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, 1989-1998
(Drylands research, 2000)This paper sets out the results of a survey conducted in four villages in Makueni District, Kenya that was used to examine the nature of the family and its decision- making, and to test hypotheses on the linkages between ... -
Forgive leaders bid for higher pay, lack of self-esteem to blame
(The StandardSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 13-05-13)We should not complain that our elected leaders are demanding higher salaries; we created the problem. We let the sitting MPs have a say in writing the new Constitution. They did what any human being would have done; take ... -
Does Mau Mau compensation make economic sense
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Urbanization and Groundwater Pollution in Mombasa we have to Transfer the Problem due to Construction of the Dongo-Kundu By-Pass.
(2013)We show how a bridge and good road network opened up the Mombasa Count of human settlements beyond the ability of Local Government to provide the infrastructure for human waste management, leading to pollution of groundwater ... -
Seed Industry in Kenya: Evolution, Current Status and Prospects
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The impact of the collaboration between the International Agricultural Research System and the National Agricultural Research System in Kenya
(Institute for Development Studies (IDS), 1985)A study designed to assess collaboration and impacts which the International Agricultural Research Centres (IARCs) have had in Kenya. Gives a background of Kenyan agriculture, its production potential and infrastructure. ... -
Migration in Southern Africa Migration Management Initiatives for SADC Member states
(Institute for Security StudiesInstitute For Development Studies, 13-04-11)"As an overview, this paper highlights the migration situation in Southern Africa without delving into details that appear in the growing body of literature on the subject. It examines voluntary and forced international ... -
The Revitalisation of Kenya Cooperative Creameries: The Politics of Policy Reforms in the Dairy Sector in Kenya
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 2008-02) -
Gross Margin Analysis Of Various Crops Cultivated In The Mara River Basin
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Dialogues of Healing and Reconciliation
(2007)The papers draw on recent work from southern Africa in the genres of the novel, autobiography, theatre and song to examine healing and reconciliation in post-1994 South Africa and in Zimbabwe. The papers will argue that ... -
Internal Controls (The case of Nyayo Bus Service Corporation, Nairobi)
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 1993)The study was aimed at documenting and evaluating the internal control system of Nyayo Bus Service Corporation, Nairobi so as to provide recommendations towards improvement of the existing system. Personal interviews were ... -
Assessment of the systematic risk of securities in the NSE under inflationary conditions
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The impact of PAC and PIC on accountability and transparency in Kenya under the new photography changes on the standing orders
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 1998)This study sought to determine what Public Accounts Committee (PAC ) and Public Investments(PIC) are supposed to do,what they have done,what effect the change on the standing orders have on the operations of PAC and PIC ... -
The economic impact of malaria on wage earnings in Kenya: a household level investigation
(Department of Economics, University of Nairobi,, 2013)Malaria remains one of t he most severe diseases facing Sub - Saharan African. The global incidence of the disease is estimated at 350 to 500 million clinical cases annually, resulting in 1. 5 to 2.7 million deaths ...