Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Determining Factors That Influence the Distance Travelled by Patients Seeking for Outpatient Health Care in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Access to uncompromised health care is a basic human right championed by both the UN and enshrined in the Kenyan constitution 2010. Every citizen is supposed to have ease of access to a health facility and get proper medical ... -
Effects of Marketing Mix Strategies on Sales Performance Among Medical Devices Distributors in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The current trend of markets being global has made businesses to review their business models to remain competitive. Strategies and in particular marketing mix strategies are being utilized by organizations globally to ... -
Passenger Information Sources and Matatu Users’ Needs: a Case Study of Githunguri – Nairobi Route
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Travel information is important for efficient mobility and sustainable development. However, in many parts of the world especially many cities in the global south, accessible urban transport data - including basic static ... -
Employee Turnover Reduction Strategies and Performance of Insurance Firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The objective of the study was to determine the employee turnover reduction strategies and performance of the insurance firms in Kenya. The study was necessary due to the fact that human capital is one of the basic factors ... -
Trainees' Perception of Co-operative Education and Training Provided by the Co-operative College of Kenya 2009
(University of Nairobi, 2008)Co-operative college is the highest training institution of co-operative studies in Kenya. Its original can be traced back to 1952 when a training centre was established at Jeans School Kabete, for training of government ... -
Media Framing and Public Perception of Infectious Disease Outbreaks: a Case of Hiv/aids and Covid-19 Pandemics in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)This study used the framing theory to research media framing and public perception of the HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 Pandemics. The objectives of our study were to investigate the media frames used by the Standard Newspaper to ... -
Challenges Faced in the Provisions of Health Services to Refugees in Kenya: a Case of Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei Settlement
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Refugee welfare management is bound to pose some challenges especially in provisions of health service when the refugees are held in camps. This study aimed to find out whether there are challenges faced in the provisions ... -
Effects of Trade Liberalization on Manufacturing in Kenya: a Case Study of the Textile Industry
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The textile industry is a critical component of the manufacturing sector. In the 1980s, the value addition of the textile industry to the manufacturing sector averaged 10.8%. However, as the country embarked on a trade ... -
A Proposed Framework for Digital Librarianship in Academic Libraries in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The service delivery in academic libraries in Kenya has been regressing due to the failure of Digital Librarians (DLns) to perform optimally. This study aimed at developing a proposed framework for digital librarianship ... -
Nolle Prosequi: an Analysis of Its Practical Application in Kenya Under the Constitution of Kenya 2010
(UON, 2021)The absolute and unfettered discretion1of the Attorney1General to enter nolle prosequi was a prerogative of the Crown under common law. This practice extended to British colonies. At independence, Kenya adopted this English ... -
An Analysis of Audience Consumption of ‘uria Ndagitari’ Television Program on Inooro Tv
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The current media environment in Kenya offers users an overwhelming number of choices with the abundance of channels that exist as a result of new television stations and proliferation of alternative entertainment sources. ... -
The Impact of Poaching on Kenya’s National Security: 2006- 2019
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Poaching is one of the leading organized crimes that threaten security in the global arena, regional as well as at national levels. Poaching has evolved itself from a non-political environmental issue into a multi-billion-dollar ... -
The Psychosocial Effects of Substance Abuse on the Nuclear Families in Dagoretti South Sub-county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)I was interested in this topic because, although substance is regarded both as an unfortunate recreational side effect, and as a harmful delinquent deviance, its underlying impacts affect not only the individual, but ... -
Social Media Perceptions on the Plus Size Curvykenyan Woman Reflecting on Instagram Posts
(University of Nairobi, 2021)This study aimed at studying perceptions on the plus size curvy Kenyan woman on social media platforms reflecting on Instagram posts. The objectives being to find out perceptions on women bodies; to examine how plus-size ... -
Incorporating Communication in the Alternative Rite of Passage (Arp) Intervention: a Case of Amref Health Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The study examined how communication was used in the ARP-WASH (Alternative Rite of Passage/Water, Sanitation & Health) Project by AMREF Health Africa to address Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Kajiado West Subcounty, ... -
Influence of Public Participation on Service Delivery in Counties in Kenya: the Case of Isiolo County
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Kenya’s devolution, adopted following the March 2013 general elections, had the main purpose of making government services locally available to the people in addition to restoring the power of local communities to ... -
Incentivizing Private Landowners for the Sustainable Management of Wetlands in Kenya: a Case of Nyando Wetland
(UON, 2021)The private land tenure system empowers landowners to exercise autonomy over their land, a situation that has somehow promoted the dominant belief that the utility of wetlands can only be realized by converting them to ... -
Mainstream Print Media Coverage of Covid-19 in Kenya: a Comparative Content Analysis of Daily Nation and the Standard Newspapers
(UON, 2021)On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. By April 2020, COVID-19 (a viral disease with flu-like symptoms) had spread worldwide, interrupting lives almost entirely, straining healthcare systems, and causing ... -
Examining the Use of Social Media in Governance in Kakamega County Government
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Continuous communication to citizens is significant in any government. Therefore, employing social media as a communication tool in accessing public opinion is imperative. The two tiers of government in Kenya- central and ... -
Fake Images and Disinformation on Social Networking Sites: Case Study of Kenya's 2017 General Election
(University of Nairobi, 2021)This study investigated the dissemination of fake images on social networking sites during the 2017 electioneering period in Kenya and the resulting misinformation and disinformation. To achieve this purpose, the study ...