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A survey on use of marketable securities by firms quoted at Nairobi Stock Exchange
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2003-10)The study set to investigate the use of marketable securities by firms listed at Nairobi Stock Exchange. This was done with the objective of finding out the extent of use of marketable securities by managers. The study ... -
A survey to determine the product characteristics that influenced the rapid adoption of M-Pesa in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012)M-PESA is a mobile money transfer service in Kenya offered by a mobile telephony service provider known as Safaricom. Since its inception M-PESA had realized vast growth both usage and popularity across the country. This ... -
Survival of local construction companies in Kenya through diversification: a case study of Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06)In Kenya as in the world over, globalization has presented a major challenge to the survival of local construction companies. Foreign construction companies have been increasingly dominating the Kenyan construction scene ... -
Survival Probabilities of Hiv/aids Infected Women With Cervical Cancer in Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)Cervical cancer has become a major issue among HIV infected women. This study evaluates the survival probabilities, life expectancy and the number of years lost among HIV/AIDS infected adult female with cervical cancer in ... -
Survival strategies among the poor slum dwellers and their effects on urban poverty: a case study of Kibera slums.
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Survival strategies among the poor slum women: a case study of Mukuru slum, Nairobi
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts in Economics, 2003-09)The need to improve the status of women in Kenya has been a major strategy of the government of Kenya. Towards this end comprehensive information on the situation of women and men have an important role to play in gender ... -
Survival strategies among urban refugees in Nairobi
(Department of Sociology, University of Nairobi, 2006)The primary focus of this study was to investigate the survival strategies among urban refugees in Nairobi focusing on health, shelter and food. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative research methods. The ... -
Survival strategies and their implications for the reproductive health of street girls in Nairobi
(Department of sociology, 2005)In the last few years, there has been a continued increase in the number of street children especially in most urban areas in Kenya. This occurs despite the most recent government ... -
Surviving displacement: the case of “invisible internally displaced persons”, Kisumu county, 1991-2011.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The research set out to establish the existence of “invisible IDPs” in Kisumu County, investigate their challenges and specify coping mechanisms. „Invisible IDPs‟ are displaced persons who were absorbed by their original ... -
Surviving State Corporatism in Kenya: the Case Study of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut), 1982-2013
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The study examines the survival of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) from state co-optation between 1982 and 2013. The study was based on three objectives, which were: to investigate the nature of state corporatism ... -
Survivors Perception of Staff Downsizing in Kenya Railway Corporation, Kisumu Region, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)Staff downsizing is perceived as the process that involves the reduction of an organization's staff complement through restructuring, retrenchment, re-engineering or any other similar activities. Staff downsizing is seen ... -
Sustainability and triple bottom-line performance in the horticulture supply chains in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The Triple Bottom-Line concept brings together three important dimensionsEnvironmental, Social and Economic. It is also referred to as the three Ps- Planet, People and Profits. These three are important dimensions of ... -
Sustainability of Dryland Agroforestry Systems in Eastern Kenya: Farmers' Perceptions, Physio-ecological Factors and Landscape Patterns
(University of Nairobi,Centre for Advanced Studies in Environmental Law and Policy (CASELAP), 2011-12-19)The study focused on gaining an understanding of current farmers' practices and perceptions of locally evolving agroforestry trends and practices involving Grevillea robusta and Melia volkensi and their social and environmental ... -
Sustainability of food/cash for assets program to enhance household food security for the beneficiaries in Bamba Division, Kilifi county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Achieving food security in its entirety continues to be a challenge not only for the developing nations, but also for the developed world. The only difference lies in the magnitude of the problem in terms of its severity ... -
Sustainability of Kenya’s Total Public Debt
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)This paper analyzed the sustainability of Kenya’s total public debt using the present value budget constraint approach. Unit root tests were conducted to test for the stationarity of the budget balance. The country’s ... -
Sustainability of Marine Fisheries in Malindi-Ungwana Bay in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2004)Sustainability is a fundamental issue in the exploitation and management of fisheries resources both in Kenya and the rest of the world. This study is motivated by the fact that thousands of households whose livelihood ... -
Sustainability Of Non Governmental Organization Funded Projects Post Donor Funding. A Case Study Of Non Governmental Organizations In Msambweni Sub-county In Kwale County, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The role played by donor agencies in improving living standards of families/households, groups and individuals in any country especially in areas that has not been developed for a long time like coastal region of Kenya ... -
Sustainability of pilot multipurpose community telecentres in Kenya and Uganda
(University of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, 2003-11)The study sought to establish the sustainability strategies that pilot multipurpose community telecentres in Kenya and Uganda are using to achieve operational (human and financial) sustainability after the project period. ... -
Sustainability of Public Domestic Debt in Kenya: an Empirical Analysis (1980-2011)
(University Of Nairobi, 2012)This study is about the sustainability of public debt in Kenya. It seeks to analyze the sustainability of public domestic debt in Kenya using historical data of 1980-2011. Public debt sustainability is about good housekeeping. ... -
The sustainability of the tourism sector in economic development
(Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies (IDIS), 2005-01)Developing countries usually attach importance to the development of the tourism industry because it is wrongly or rightly often regarded to as "The passport to Economic Development". In this regard, the South African ...
