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The underground economy and tax productivity in Kenya, 1990-2009
(School of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2012)This study estimated the size of Kenya's underground economy for the period 1990 - 2009 using the fixed monetary ratio method. The study also estimated the elasticity and buoyancy of the tax system for the same period, ... -
Understanding Cattle Rustling And The Role Of Indigenous Conflict Resolution Mechanisms Among The Tugen, Ilchamus And Pokot Of Baringo County, 2000-2015
(University of Nairobi, 2018)This study was on understanding cattle rustling and application of indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms among the Tugen, Ilchamus and Pokot of Baringo County. The study sought to assess the hypotheses that cattle ... -
Understanding cattle-rustling in Northen Rift Valley region of Kenya : political economy of cattle rustling in Kenya 1997-2007
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)This study examines the problem posed by cattle-rustling in Northern Rift Valley region of Kenya CNRV)I. It responds to two critical questions; what political, economic and social factors predispose people in NRV to rustling; ... -
Understanding Hospice Volunteer Markets in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,Faculty Of Commerce, 2000)This study has two major objectives: (i) The first objective sought to determine those demographic and psychographic variables that serve intensives or disincentive for an individual's volunteer behavior. (ii) It also ... -
Understanding politeness through a sequence: the case of an interview
(University of Narobi, 2014-07)This project seeks to suggest the chronological order of linguist Geoffrey Leech’s maxims of politeness in an excerpt of an interview session from popular local talk show Jeff Koinange Live (JKL). It proposes that through ... -
Understanding poverty among small scale tea farmers; a case study of Kiambu county, Lari District, Nyanduma location
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)The tea Sector in Kenya has been one of the most vibrant agricultural sectors in the country earning the country a lot of foreign exchange. This is as evidenced by this year's returns where it has overtaken tourism and ... -
Understanding Refugee Integration: A Case Study Of Southern Sudanese Refugees In Nairobi: 1960-2005
(University Of Nairobi, 2015)This project explores the concept of integration and interrogates the question of what constituted integration for Southern Sudanese refugees in Kenya. The study frames these refugee‘s experiences in Ager and Strang‘s ... -
Understanding the Drivers of Efficiency and Inefficiency in the Public Healthcare Sector; a Qualitative Investigation
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Introduction The Government of Kenya developed Vision 2030, a long-term development plan which aims to have a country that is prosperous, globally competitive and has a high quality of life of its citizens by the year ... -
Understanding the Middle Stone Age Adaptive Strategies in East Africa: an Experimental Approach
(University of NairobiDepartment of history, 2001)In this study, I explore the Middle Stone Age (MSA) technological and subsistence adaptive strategies at two Sites in Kenya, Muguruk in Western Kenya, and Prospect Farm in Kenya's Central Rift Valley. This work is different ... -
Understanding verbal irony: a case study of Gikuyu verbal utterances
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This study seeks to explain how irony is detected and understood in Gikuyu verbal utterances. Of concern in this study is to explain how a hearer successfully interprets the speakers intended meaning in an ironical verbal ... -
Undertaking Business Continuity Planning for a Global Business Operator in Less Developed Economies: a Case Study of General Motors East Africa
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)Globalization has made business enterprises expand geographically and in the process they encounter different business operating environments ranging from developed to under developed economies. Each environment poses ... -
Underutilisation of internet facilities at Universities: A Case study of Jomo Kenyatta Memorial Library (JKML), University of Nairobi and United States International University Africa (USIUA) Library
(University of NairobiDepartment of Information Science, 2000-06)This dissertation is based on a study carried out at Jorno Kenyatta Memorial Library, University of Nairobi, and United States International University-Africa. The main aim of the study was to establish how internet ... -
Underwriting challenges facing public service vehicles insurance in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)The purpose of this study was to determine the underwriting challenges facing PSV insurance in Kenya. This was in view of the literature review indicating that many PSV insurers had collapsed while others faced imminent ... -
The underwriting practice of life offices response to HIV/AIDS in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1998)The literature reviewed showed that HIV/AIDS has affected the Life Assurance fraternity world over. Whereas studies on the effect of HIV I AIDS on Life Assurance have been conducted in the developed world, very little ... -
Unemployment of educated youth in rural Kenya: a study of unemployed form four leavers in Murang'a district
(1987)The study explores the much-debated problem of unemployment in Kenya. It focuses on employed and unemployed form four leavers in Murang'a District who were the interviewees. The study mainly attempts to generate knowledge ... -
Unemployment of youth in Kenya: Implications for primary school curriculum
(University of ColumbiaDepartment of Education, 1976)The purpose of the study was to investigate the problems of unemployment of primary school leavers in Kenya and their implications for the primary school curriculum. In the light of findings, suggestions would be made for ... -
Ungesteuerter Deutscherwerb in Kenia und seine Auswirkung auf einen gesteuerten Erwerb: Ein Beispiel anhand zwei Fertigkeiten; sprechen und Schreiben
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)In dieser Arbeit wurden einige Aspekte des Spracherwerbs untersucht. Der ungesteuerte Spracherwerb und die Faktoren, die dabei cine Rolle in Kenia spielen. Danach wurden die Auswirkungen dieses Erwerbs auf die Daf-Unterr ... -
Unicef Cash Transfer Programme for Orphans' and Vulnerable Children: a Case Study of Its Effectiveness in Kilifi County, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2013)The study was conducted to establish and analyze the effectiveness of the Unicef Cash Transfer Programme for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Kilifi County, Kenya. The study was motivated by the fact that the County ... -
Unified services theory and perceived service quality in the hospitality sector Nairobi county
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)This was a study on unified services theory as a framework for perceived service quality in the hospitality sector in Nairobi County. Collected data was analyzed using descriptive analysis. Correlation of the data revealed ... -
The United Nations (UN) politics and its programme of action for africa's economic recovery and development: failure of its implementation in Kenya
(Department of Arts, 2007)This thesis is a study of the United Nations Programme of Action for Africa's Economic Recovery and Development, 1986-90. Its major interest is to probe the factors which may ...