University of Nairobi Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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The Use of Propaganda in University Politics in Kenya: the Case of University of Nairobi Students’ Association Elections
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This study sought to investigate the use of propaganda in politics and how it is being applied at University of Nairobi students ‘Association. Research objectives were to find out the role of propaganda during students’ ... -
Influence of School Based Factors on Implementation of Grade One to Four Mathematics in Rachuonyo East Sub-county, Homabay County
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The study set out to look at the impact by school based factors towards the implementation of grade 1 to 4 mathematics in Rachuonyo East Sub-County, Homabay County. Among the determined objectives leading the study are; ... -
Caregivers Food-water Handling Practices, Knowledge and Prevalence of Food-water Borne Diseases in Chidren (1-5 Years) of Yatta, Kenya: a Case of Sand Dams
(University of Nairobi, 2023)The building of sand dams is the elected course of action to remedy the dry conditions. Sand dam creation in Yatta is depends on local expertise in harvesting, sieving, storage of water. This study aimed at assessing ... -
Social Protection for Women’s Economic Empowerment - Lessons From Kazi Mtaani & Inua Jamii
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2023)This report is the result of research conducted by the Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Hub, African Women’s Studies Center, and University of Nairobi. The research aimed at using the example of Kazi Mtaani and Inua Jamii ... -
Assessing What Works for Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) in the Implementation of Kenya’s Credit Guarantee Scheme
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2022-01)Kenya’s Credit Guarantee Scheme (CGS) was established as part of the presidential economic stimulus package in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medium, small and micro enterprises. In order to contain the ... -
Assessing the Contributions of the Women’s Movements & Women’s Self-Mobilization, to Women’s Economic Empowerment in Kenya Between 1963 and 2010
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2023)This study focused on Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) in select counties in Kenya. These were Busia, Kakamega, and Kisumu in the Western region; Kajiado, Nakuru and Baringo in the Rift Valley region; Nyeri, Muranga, and ... -
Examining Strategies that Women’s Movement Used to Realize Gains in the Kenya Constitution 2010
(UoN, AWSC, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, 2023)Women have been excluded from decision-making institutions and processes. To eliminate gender discrimination in laws, secure equal rights for women and enact legislations that promote gender equality, women have since the ... -
Customer characteristics and over-indebtedness in Kenya
(AJBUMA, 2023-07-14)The influence of an individual’s characteristics on their financial decisions has always been an area of great interest to researchers. The use of customer characteristics to predict the decisions that a customer will make ... -
Influence of farmer capacity building in financial mobilisation on performance of smallholder irrigation projects in Migori County, Kenya.
(AJBUMA, 2023-07-14)Irrigation is increasingly being accepted as a precursor to food security, employment creation and economic development. Irrigation accounts for up to 40% of world food production (Asian Development Bank [ADB], 2015). ... -
Strategic leadership and strategy implementation in Commercial Banks in South Sudan: the role of organizational structure
(AJBUMA, 2023-07-14)The main objective of the study was to establish the role of organizational structure on the relationship between strategic leadership and strategy implementation in commercial banks in South Sudan. The subsequent hypothesis ... -
Government ownership and financial performance of state enterprises: Kenyan perspective
(AJBUMA, 2023-07-14)The primary aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between government ownership and the financial performance of state enterprises in Kenya. To achieve this objective, a positivist philosophy was adopted, ... -
A New Historicism Approach to Paradox in Religious Faith in Selected Kiswahili Novels
(University of Nairobi, 2017)This paper aims at analyzing specific Kiswahili novels using a New Historicism Approach in the quest to show that witchcraft, adultery, lies, power struggle and other vices characterize the daily activities of worshippers ... -
The Impact of the Depiction of Children in Selected Swahili Children Stories
(University of Nairobi, 2017)This research paper interrogates the portrayal of the boy child and the girl child in selected Kiswahili Children‟s Stories with a view of investigating the likely impact of the manner in which this has been done. Children‟s ... -
The Role of Kiswahili Children’s Literature in formulating their Worldview
(University of Nairobi, 2018)This Paper will examine how characters in Children’s Literature are portrayed by different authors with the probable ramifications.Children’s literature in Kiswahili Language has grown tremendously in the recent past.For ... -
The Lingering Question of Neocolonialism in Selected Swahili Plays
(University of Nairobi, 2018)This paper examines how the question of neocolonialism has been addressed by Kiswahili writers by focusing on some selected plays by Timothy Arege and K.W. Wamitila. The paper’s main objective is to identify how the theme ... -
Interlanguage Variability in the Use of French Auxiliary Verbs by Low-proficiency Learners of French in Kenya
(university of Nairobi, 2018)This paper set out to identify the variants of the rules governing the choice of the auxiliary (whether avoir, ‘to have’ or être, ‘to be’) in the passé composé tense in the French of low-proficiency learners in Kenya. Data ... -
The Relevance of Ethnobotanical Studies to Linguistic Vitality: The Case of Plant Use and Classification Among the Digo of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2004)This article summarises the findings of ethnobotanical research conducted among the Digo people of Kwale District, Kenya, together with applications of this research for the benefit of the local community and implications ... -
Guidelines and Editorial Policy.
(Africa Design Review Journal, 2023-06-27)Africa Design Review Journal is an Online & Print Quarterly issue. The aim of the journal is to encourage scholarship in the area of design. It emphasizes the production of knowledge and exchange of ideas. Invitation ... -
Design Intervention for Sustainability in Women’s Crafts in Kenya.
(Africa Design Review Journal, 2023-06-27)omen in Kenya and the world over engage in craft design using traditional skills passed on from one generation to the other. These are mainly inspired by motifs and designs obtained from nature and items within their ... -
Participatory action research (PAR) for community based conservation in Kenya.
(Africa Design Review Journal, 2023-06-27)According to UN Biodiversity Agreement Cop 15, one of the targets is to ensure equitable, inclusive, effective and gender-responsive representation and participation in decision-making, and access to justice and information ...