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Nairobi Municipal Solid Waste Composition and characteristics relevant to a Waste-to-energy Disposal method
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)The rapid increase in the population of Nairobi has also resulted in increase in municipal solid waste production. However, solid waste disposal in the city has been characterized by inefficiency and poor organizational ... -
Nairobi securities exchange:is it a reliable form of investment?
(School of mathematics, 2012)The big question remains" Is Nairobi securities exchange a reliable form of investment? ................ " Following the market confidence, that was generated in the first three year of independence due to stable economic ... -
The Nairobi Stock Exchange; Its History, Organization and Role in the Kenyan Economy
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Nairobi university: student centre
(Faculty of Architecture, Design and Development, University of Nairobi, 1976)Nairobi University Planning Office has noted the absence of a students' centre on the main campus. No study or proposals has however been forward In this project a study of physical and environmental characteristics ... -
Nakuru youth Centre design brief
(University of Nairobi, 1978)The main target group are people of the ages between 12 years and 35 years. However the centre will also cater for Nursery going children who may also be welcome to the centre. Other persons of an age above 35 years and ... -
Name entity recognition and part of speech tagging: case study of Kikamba
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)There has been exponential multiplication of electronic information for the last two decades which has generated a large digital library for everyone to access over the internet. However, this library consists of ... -
Name symbolism and character types in Ngugi wa Thiongo's later novels.
(Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 1989)This thesis deals with character types and name symbolism ln Ngugi's later novels. In the sense of representativeness, this thesis shows that these devices reinforce each other and become a bold artistic way of encapsulating ... -
Narrating (in)visibility in Thomas Letangule’s Trailblazer
(University of Nairobi, 2021)This study interrogates how Thomas Letangule narrates his story as a Kenyan public servant from a marginalized background. I analyze the autobiographical strategies that he employs in narrating the self, the Ilchamus ... -
Narrating Dystopia in Modern Kenya: Philo Ikonya’s Leading the Night and Ngumi Kibera’s Beyond the Darkness
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This dissertation examines narrative representations of dystopia in Philo Ikonya’s Leading the Night and Ngumi Kibera’s Beyond the Darkness. The study pays close attention to how the two literary artists address the ... -
Narrating Kenyan History Through Fiction in Yvonne Owuor’s Dust
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Focusing on the intersection of history and fiction in Yvonne Owuor’s Dust (2014), this study discusses narration of Kenyan history through fiction by examining ‘fictionalised history.’ The study contends that fictionalised ... -
Narrating Publicness In Selected Contemporary Kenyan Women’s Autobiographies
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This study examines how Kenyan women who have been occupiers of public or privileged spaces narrate their publicness. The study focuses on three contemporary Kenyan women’s autobiographies: Ciarunji Chesaina’s Run Gazelle ... -
Narrating The Female Body In Tsitsi Dangarembga’S This Mournable Body
(University of Nairobi, 2019)In This Mournable Body (2018), Tsitsi Dangarembga continues the story of her protagonist, Tambudzai, which began with Nervous Conditions (1986) and its sequel The Book of Not (2006). This study is inspired by the need to ... -
Narrating the Nation- Images of Kenya Through Individual and Collective Narration in the Dragonfly Sea by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
(University of Nairobi, 2020)In this thesis, I explore Yvonne Owuor’s The Dragonfly Sea and how individual and collective narratives in the novel mirror, interrogate, examine and reimagine the nation – particularly Kenya. This study contends that ... -
Narrating the Self in Apartheid Through Humour in Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This study examines the narration of self and apartheid through humour in Trevor Noah‟s Born a Crime. The autobiography captures Trevor Noah‟s childhood in South Africa and unravels the events through memories. Humour ... -
Narrating Transnational Violence and Crime in Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s Novels
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This study explores the thematic concerns which Mukoma addresses in his novels Nairobi Heat and Black Star Nairobi. The theme of transnational violence and crime is prominent in both novels. In addition, Mukoma has ... -
Narration and stylistic devices in Leonard Kibera's voices in the dark
(University of Nairobi, CEES, Kenya, 2005)This is a study of narration and stylistic devices in Leonard Kibera' s Voice in the Dark and the aim has been to analyse how narrative techniques and stylistic devices affect communication. To achieve this aim, the study ... -
Narration in Swahili narrative poetry: an analysis of Utenzi wa Rasi'Lghuli
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)This research discusses, using narrative theory, narrative aspects in Utenzi wa Rasi,'IGhuli, a Swahili classical poem composed by Mgeni bin Faqihi. The study focuses on three narrative aspects; narrative levels and voices, ... -
Narrative Strategies And The Image Of An Emancipated Somali Woman In Nuruddin Farah’s From A Crooked Rib
(University of Nairobi, 2016)This study analyzes the novel From a Crooked Rib by Nuruddin Farah. The main task is to look at how the picture of an emancipated Somali woman is drawn literarily by the author. To this end, I interrogate the author‘s use ... -
Narrative techniques in Wole Soyinka's the interpreters
(Depatment of Linguistics, University of Nairobi, 2000)This study is a critical analysis of the techniques of narrative crafting used by Wole Soyinka in his novel; The Interpreters. Its main thrust is therefore the isolation and discussion of the elements of the artistic ... -
The Narrative Voice in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Desertion
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2013)This study critically analyses the narrative voices in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Desertion (2005). I have explored the use of multiple narrative voices by Gurnah, and whether or not these voices have an impact on the ...