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A Load Forecasting System

Mutuku, Joseph M. (University of NairobiSchool of mathematics,, 1991)

This load forecast covers national electricity sales and generation requirements for the national power system and for the six major regions of the country over a 20 year period. The forecast is based on a combination of ...

Loan Default Prediction Using Machine Learning : a Case of Mobile Based Lending

Kisutsa, Golda T (University of Nairobi, 2021)

Over the last decade, digital credit has been the fastest growing financial innovation in Kenya. This has largely been attributed to by technological innovations and mobile phone penetration enabling expanded access to ...

Loan Loss Provisions and and Income Smoothing-evidence From Commercial Banks in Kenya

Mbithi, Emmanuel I (university of nairobi, 2018)

According to CBK's 2017 report, Loan Loss Provisions (LLPs) accounted for 12% of the total expenses incurred by commercial banks in Kenya in 2017. Given the magnitude of the expense and their role, it is clear that LLPs ...

Loan Repayment Terms And Performance Of Youth Enterprise Development Fund In Kisumu Central Sub-County, Kenya

Osendo, Dorothy Atieno (University of Nairobi, 2019)

Youth Enterprise Development Fund is a creation by the government of Kenya, gazetted in the year 2006 and transformed into a state cooperation in the year 2007. The fund is meant for economic empowerment as well as social ...

Loan Words From English and Orma Languages in Kipokomo

Shume, Faith U (University of Nairobi, 2017)

This work is an attempt to describe the phonological adaptations of English and Orma loanwords into Upper Kipokomo within the Optimality Theory framework developed by Allan Prince and Paul Smolensky (1993, 2002). The study ...

Loan words in Nandi from English and Kiswahili languages

Boen, Peris C (University of Nairobi, 2014-11)

This study focuses on the phonological and morphological adaptations of loan words in Nandi from English and Kiswahili using the theoretical frameworks of Natural Generative Phonology and Generative CV- Phonology. The ...

Loanword adaptation in Boro-Ukwala dialect of Dholuo: a case of borrowing from Lumarachi,Lunyala and Kiswahili

Yamo, Jimmy O (University of Nairobi, 2014)

This study seeks to investigate and establish loanwords in the Boro- Ukwala (B-U) dialect of Dholuo from the Luhya group of Lumarachi and Lunyala B who neighbour the speakers of B-U dialect of Dholuo. The study further ...

Local advertising agencies in Kenya Before and after affiliation with International advertising agencies

Radier, Betty (University of NairobiSchool of Business, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2003)

Firms adopt various strategies in order to remain competitive in an increasingly global market. One of the strategies adopted is strategic alliance, which involve the cooperation between two or more firms who pool resources ...

Local Animation Technology Adoption in Television Advertising and Reception Among the Youth in Nairobi; Case Study Multimedia University and Kenya Institute of Mass Communication Film and Animation Department

Ochieng, Laban F (University of NairobiSchool of journalism, 2013)

Local authority transfer fund and public primary schools in Garissa municipality.

Adan, Hassan R (University of Nairobi,, 2013-11)

Local Beneficiary Community Perception of Corporate Social Responsibility Practices of Multinational Corporations in Kenya

Muturi, Martha W (University of Nairobi, 2016-10)

The study examines the relationship existing between international business‟ CSR practices in Kenya and the subsequent benefits and perception by the local community. This is done through establishing the practices and ...

A local carrier for rhizobium inoculants in Kenya

Kibunja, Catherine N (University of NairobiDepartment of Botany, University of Nairobi, 1991)

This study was carried out to establish whether some locally available materials in Kenya can be used as substitutes for peat in legume inoculant production during the period 1977 to 1980. The materials investigated ...

Local Communities and Wildlife Interactions the Case Study of Kitengela Wildlife Dispersal Area of Nairobi National Park

Ngumbi, Emmanuel I (University of NairobiDepartment of Arts, 2009-11)

Many protected areas in Kenya are inextricably linked to their adjacent areas/ dispersal areas by the movement of migratory species. Despite of this ecological importance the functional relationships between protected ...

Local community participation in conservation of Old Town - Mombasa

Abd-Allah, Imran (Institute Of Anthropology, Gender And African Studies, University of Nairobi, 2003)

This paper explored the attitude of the local community towards NMK's conservation activity in Old Town (Mombasa) and their involvement in the process. This study used a variety of research methods based on a ...

Local Government and Its Survival in Kenya

Maundu, Ndisya N (University of Nairobi,School of Law, 1984)

Local Immune Responses Following In Utero Vaccination Of The Bovine Fetus With Escherichia Coli

Wamukoya, JPO (University of NairobiDepartment of Large Animal Surgery and Medicine, 1975)

Bovine fetuses were vaccinated during the last 6 weeks of gestation by the deposition of either killed Escherichia coli (E. coli) or sterile physiological saline into the amniotic fluid. At birth, the calves were divided ...

Local Language Radio and Human Rights Awareness in Rural Kenya: a Study of Mulembe Fm in Emuhaya Sub-county, Western Kenya

Alela, Johnhuss, O (University of Nairobi, 2021)

This study sought to appraise local language radio in human rights awareness and education in rural Kenya focusing on Mulembe FM’s Omuhabini programme. The specific objectives were; to explore the aspects of human rights ...