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Estimating moisture availability for rice cultivation in Mwea, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1987-10)
Recent climatic events in Africa have shown the need for increased understanding of the vagaries of rainfall and the demands for water. Water availability and usage for agriculture must consider not only amounts but also ...
Assessing Intracultural Variability Statistically Using Data on Malaria Perceptions in Gusii, Kenya
(2002-05)
The author illustrates how qualitative data from open-ended interviews, pile sorts, and triad sorts can be used to test quantitatively for intracultural variation in norms. Specifically, the author tests whether Gusii men ...
Cultural resource management in Kenya: a case for legislation review
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
This paper builds a case for a reconsideration of Kenya’s legislation that relates to cultural and societal heritage resources management by briefly revisiting the circumstances that informed the enactment of the related ...
Toward regional arrangements for regulation of marine pollution: An appraisal of options
(1977)
The unilateral decision by Canada in 1970 to extend its jurisdiction for the control of pollution of the Arctic waters outward to 100 mi was attacked by some people as a violation of international law. In this paper that ...
A study of risk factors for intestinal helminth infections using epidemiological and anthropological approaches
(2001-10)
This study, conducted in Kisumu District, Kenya, identified important risk factors for infection with intestinal helminths using traditional epidemiological methods. This was combined with a rapid assessment study using ...
Searching for New Opportunities from the International Space Station, and Using Them in Eastern Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2000)
Universal acceptance of new opportunities from the International Space Station depends upon the meanings that such new opportunities have for members of the global family. While some members in the family are able to connect ...
Savanna ecosystems and origins of modern human behaviour.
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
Biotic and abiotic factors interact to influence plant and animal community structures, which in turn, influence human subsistence, land use, mobility, population density, territorial organization and social structure. ...
Pliocene and Pleistocene sites in southern Narok District, southKenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1997)
Survey in southwest Kenya above the western margin of the Gregory Rift Valley since 1994 has led to the discovery of LSA, MSA, Acheulean and possible Oldowan occurrences, as well as fossil-bearing sites representative of ...
Public Accountability Ideals in Kenya and Realities in Public Service Delivery
(2013-04-18)
The post-1990 wave of democratization and public sector reforms brought the concept of public accountability into the limelight. Prior to this, most countries in Africa had poor records of public accountability. Since the ...
Plant remains from a Sirikwa culture site at Hyrax Hill, Nakuru
(University of Nairobi, 1992)
This article reports a preliminary examination of plant remains and the tentative implications that have so far been deduced from them. The plant samples were acquired by archaeological excavations at one of the Hyrax ...