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Economic assessment of leafminer invasion and control strategies in Kenya's snowpea industry: the case of Nyeri North and South Imenti Districts
(2009)
Kenya's horticultural industry is confronted with an emergmg challenge of quarantined
mvasrve leafminer, which has recently become a pest of economic importance in Kenya.
Quarantine pests are a leading cause of Kenya's ...
Tense and aspect in standard arabic: a minimalist approach
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
The basic objective of this work is to analyze tense and aspect in Standard Arabic within the theoretical framework of Chomsky's Minimalist Program (MP) .This study seeks to make an analysis of tense and aspect in Standard ...
Gender mainstreaming and conflict management in Africa: the case study of the Igad II Sudan peace process (1994-2006)
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
This study aims at drawing attention to the need to incorporate gender mainstreaming in conflict management in order to increase the involvement of women in decision-making processes during conflict management and ...
The challenges of communicating to the youth on HIV/AIDS a case study of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
The objectives of the study were to find out: why in spite many HIV/AIDS Campaigns in the country the youth continue being infected with the HIV virus, how effective are the current HIV /AIDS campaigns aimed at the youth ...
Performance evaluation of used edible oil as diesel fuel
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
In this study, used vegetable oil was collected from restaurants and processed to biodiesel through transesterification. Various properties of the biodiesel were determined and compared to those of diesel. Biodiesel was ...
A study of downdrift in Dholuo sentences
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
This work investigates if downdrift exist in Dholuo and what downdrift means in Dholuo sentences. The work also seeks to find out the pattemsthat downdrift forms in Dholuo sentences. Of most importance is to establish the ...
Factors influencing the implementation of adult education curriculum in Nairobi West District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
The purpose of this study was to investigate factors that influence the implementation of adult education curriculum in Nairobi West District. This was in line with the objectives. The data was collected from 54 adult ...
The impact of integrating ICT into students support services in distance education, the case of the B.ED programme of the University of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
This study investigated the impact of integrating lCT into student support services in Distance Education specifically the Bachelor of Education (Arts) offered at the University of Nairobi. The study aimed at exploring the ...
Productivity of commercial banks in Kenya: a data envelopment analysis
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
Starting from 1980s and early 1990s Kenya introduced a series of financial reforms to boost the efficiency and productivity of Kenyan banks. This study examines changes in commercial banks productivity in Kenya in the ...
Institutional challenges to social approaches in the management of HIV & AIDS in state corporations: the case study of Kenya Pipeline Company Limited
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
One of the major institutional impediments is that of attracting and retaining a productive workforce (Thomas & Znaniecki: 1927, Whelan et al: 1999). This is because human resource management is complicated by notable ...