Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN PEACE BUILDING IN PUNTLAND, SOMALIA.
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2012)Peace building has become increasing important as a means of preventing continuing hostilities among previously warring factions. However, peace building strategies or designs have not fully recognized the particular needs ... -
THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN PEACE BUILDING IN SOMALIA
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2015)Peace building has become increasing important as a means of preventing continuing hostilities among previously warring factions. However, peace building strategies or designs have not fully recognized the particular needs ... -
Regional integration peace and security in Africa: an analysis of the East African Community
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2012)Peace and security are essential ingredients for regional integration and they continue to pose a major challenge in Africa and other parts of the world. Past efforts to form regional integration schemes in East Africa ... -
POST-CONFLICT CHALLENGES IN SOUTH SUDAN; ISSUES AND PROSPECTS
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2012)Peace agreement can be perceived as an integral part of conflict resolution. It is difficult to explain and describe conflict resolution without analyzing some forms of agreement that have been reached between the conflicting ... -
Participation in planning and management of Local Authority Transfer Fund (LATF) the case of Maina ward slum dwellers
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 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. ... -
INFLUENCE OF NAKURU COUNTY GOVERNMENT ON PARENTING OF SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN
(2019)Parenting plays a big role in the raising of children. Effective parenting is essential for the successful upbringing of children in the society. Ineffective parenting can lead to bringing up of children that cause disturbance ... -
IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT PURCHASES ON GROWTH OF PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY IN KENYA
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2012)Our study set out to establish the determinants of growth of the local pharmaceutical industry in Kenya, measured in terms of employment levels. The focus of the study is primarily on the role of government purchases. We ... -
Power sharing as an outcome of Civil war : a case study of Coalition Government negotiations in Kenya, 2008
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2011)On February 2008 Kenyan political leaders engaged in negotiations that saw the signing of a peace agreement following an election crisis. It sought to resolve the impasse by using a power sharing agreement implemented ... -
A critical analysis of the implementation of the 1951 Geneva convention on refugees: a case study of Kenya
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2003)Not so long ago, the status that the refugee problem has acquired in international politics today was unimaginable. What was viewed as a passing cloud by the international protection regimes until last midcentury has ... -
ASSESSING THE USE OF COMPUTERS TO ENHANCE TEACHING AND LEARNING IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS; A CASE STUDY OF NAIROBI PRIMARY SCHOOL
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2011)Much of the previous research into the computers and internet being used to enhance teaching and learning in primary school’s mechanism has concentrated generally on developed countries. Not much known local study has ... -
Patterns Associated With Theft of Motorcycles in Nandi Central District, Nandi County
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2013)Motorcycle theft is one of the fastest growing forms of motor vehicle theft globally and nationally; however, studies on motorcycle theft are scanty. The study therefore examined patterns associated with theft of motorcycles ... -
Regional Peace Support Initiatives in Capacity Building: Case Study of the International Peace Support Training Centre
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2011)Modern peace support operations are a response to the shift from inter to intra state conflict encompassing complex mandates in volatile, polarized, distressed and dysfunctional environment. Additionally, the new mandates ... -
INTERSECTION BETWEEN HUMAN SECURITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH IN KENYA'S FOREIGN POLICY
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2015)Modem health matters touch on many issues of national security and socio-economic interest and embody the tensions between national sovereignty and global collective action, and therefore new skills are needed to negotiate ... -
MILITARY INTERVENTION CONFLICTS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA;CASE STUDY OF MT.ELEGON
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2013)Military interventions by both national and international (Third party intervention) forces in internal conflicts has been in existence for a long time. The practice has increased significantly following the end of the ... -
THE IMPACT OF MILITARY INTERVENTION IN FAILED STATES; A CASE STUDY OF SOMALIA
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2018)Military intervention in failed states remains a contentious issue in Africa just like elsewhere. Chronic insecurity in Somalia caused by inter-clan conflicts diverts the attention of international and regional bodies from ... -
The impact of maritime piracy on World Food Programme (WFP) aid operations in Somalia, 2007-2009
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2011)Maritime piracy in Somalia flourished due to political tunnoi1 and the strategic location at the Horn of Africa. In early 1990s, ships sailing near Somalia have been attacked by pirates and thereafter, the intensity has ... -
THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICT; A CASE STUDY OF CATTLE RUSTLING IN TURKANA, 2005-2010
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2016)Many pastoralist communities around the globe are experiencing conflicts. This study was undertaken in the Turkana region, Kenya where armed conflicts have been persistent for generations. Although studies have been carried ... -
THE ROLE OF EXTERNAL ACTORS IN AFRICA'S INTERNAL CONFLICTS; THE CASE OF SUDAN CONFLICT (1983-2004)
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2009)Many countries in Africa have experienced internal conflicts some of which have undermined their viability or existence as states. Whereas the causes of these conflicts are to be found within the inherent weaknesses of ... -
DETERMINANTS OF FOREIGN POLICY FORMULATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; A CASE OF KENYA
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2015)Many African countries have been unable to build up any firm tradition or established pattern of interests behind their foreign policy. African states’ foreign policies are influenced mainly by the global political economy. ... -
MANAGING DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION OF EX¬ COMBATANTS IN AFRICA; A CASE STUDY OF BURUNDI
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, 2017)Managing Disarmament, Demobilization and Reinsertion of Ex-Combatants at the term of an armed conflict reveals itself to be an imperative step to a strong process in peace rebuilding of a society tom by an internal war. ...
