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An evaluation of stakeholders participation in the sustainability of physical facilities in day secondary schools in Imenti North District-Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
The cost of providing education has risen above the ability of the government. In fact, education takes between five percent and seven percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). At the national level, education takes ...
Estimation of supply response of livestock products: the case of Kajiado District
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
During early seventies and early eighties economic conditions in general had been favourable for Kenyan farm sector. Following market liberalizations in the late eighties, farmers and in particular livestock farmers ...
Development of a prototype GIS based application for production of a route sketch map
(2009)
Current sources of digital route maps, such as those online, serve the requested route by
way of highlighting the route on an otherwise normal (constant scale) road/street map of
the area that contains the route of ...
Explicit and implicit speech acts in Gikuyu
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
This is a pragmatic study that aims at an application of speech acts theory to Gikuyu). The data used includes selected single sentences and speech situations in form of ritual perfomatives that are elaborate and more ...
Factors influencing utilization of maternal health care services in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
This study sort to investigate the factors associated with utilization of maternal health care services among women of reproductive ages in Kenya. The. study variables were; type of place of residence, region of residence, ...
The efffect of mother's HIV status on infant and child mortality in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
HIV/AIDS is one of the leading causes of death among infants and children in Kenya. Other known causes of death among this age group in Kenya include; malaria, respiratory and diarrheal diseases, infectious diseases ...
Participation in planning and management of Local Authority Transfer Fund (LATF) the case of Maina ward slum dwellers
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
Participatory approaches have gained much importance in thinking and development practice. This is due to the premise that local people have a better capacity to understand and conduct their own affairs than can outsiders. ...
Impact of corporate reputation (image) on the levels of foreign funding: a case study of Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), 1989-2009
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
Corporate image of an organization is the impression created to the general public and other stakeholders according to the level of knowledge, information and understanding of facts about the organization. This relationship ...
Mediating violent electoral conflict: a case study of Kenya, 2008
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
One of the major attribute of a democratic political system is holding of free and transparent elections periodically. Holding of elections is viewed as the most peaceful way of changing political leadership and the highest ...
Challenges of peace building in post-conflict societies: a case study of Rwanda 1994-2008
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
This is a study of challenges of peace building in post conflict societies with special focus on post genocide Rwanda. In 1994 after a four year protracted civil war, the Rwandan society experienced one of the worst genocides ...