Browsing Books, Book Reviews and Book Chapters (BC) by Issue Date
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Short Essays on Education in Kenya
(Kenya Literature Bureau, 1980)The essays deal with a wide range of subjects and discuss a number of problems in Kenyan education in depth. Subjects include: problems of policy in African education in the colonial days, highlighting the Christian ... -
Basic principles in Home science
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Tryptophan Metabolism in Mice Infected with Schistosoma Mansoni
(Springer New York, 1991)Biharzia due to infection with Schistosoma mansoni is a major and increasing problem in tropical countries, associated especially with irrigation schemes, which provide a habitat for the water snail which is the alternate ... -
Alkaliphiles: Diversity and Identification
(Springer US, 1994)Micro-organisms that grow in hostile or extreme environments are currently a popular subject for study. The fascination with so-called ‘extremophiles’ reflects a perceived microbial biotechnological importance and a desire ... -
The Orma Boran—ten years of field observations
(Towards Increased Use of Trypanotolerance: Current Research and Future Directions, 1994)In 1913 Balfour reported Bos indicus cattle in the Koalib area of Sudan which he claimed were immune to trypanosomiasis (Balfour, 1913). Since that date trypanotolerance has been reported in other Bos indicus breeds ... -
Using patterns of distribution and diversity of Kenyan birds to select and prioritize areas for conservation.
(Springer, 1996-01-14)Patterns and environmental correlates of species distributions and richness are identi®ed for Kenyan birds at a quarter degree-square scale. This information is used together with iterative complementarity analyses, which ... -
A Manual for Writers & Designers of TEE Study Materials
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Language in Education in Kenyan Schools
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Lugha, Mwandishi na Kuvumiliana
(Writers’ Association of Kenya, 1997) -
Financing sports in Kenya’s national universities an overview of practicable policy options
(1998)A consistent criticism of campus sports programmes in sub-Sahara Africa is that they tend to depend too much on university budget allocations, rather than put more emphasis on innovative fund raising and enterprising ... -
Winds of change: going back to the basics
(Kenya Association for Health, Physical Education, recreation, Sport and Dance, 1998)The recent formation of a committee to develop policies on Sports for All in Kenya indicate the new thinking in the area of sports. Our Universities' sports programmes for a long time have depended on voluntary participation ... -
Management of sports in Kenyan public universities: a recreational perspective
(Kenya Association for Health, Physical Education, recreation, Sport and Dance, 1998)Recreational Sports in a university setting refer to intramural, extramural and sport club programmes. As oPl?osed to highly organised sports programmes like interscholastic and intercollegiate, recreational sports are ... -
The delegation of responsibility and empowerment of student sport leaders in kenyan universities the case of sport captains
(Kenya Association for Health, Physical Education, recreation, Sport and Dance, 1998)Delegation of responsibility and power within the realm of sport management has long been recognised as one of the most effective ways of ensuring efficient delivery of sport services. Arising from colonial legacy, the ... -
Recreation as the basis of competitive sports in Kenyan universities
(Kenya Association for Health, Physical Education, recreation, Sport and Dance, 1998)This paper emphasizes the vital role played by recreation as a foundation of enhancing mass participation and competitive engagement in sports in Kenyan universities. The tendency of Kenyan universities has been to put ... -
Research Methods: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
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Book Review: Joseph M. Nyasani "The African Psyche"
(Kenyatta University Faculty of Arts, 1999)Philosophy like any other discipline has its branches, each of which is the concern of specific philosophical problems. The main branches of Philosophy are: logic, which deals with correct reasoning; epistemology, which ... -
Book Review: Wanjiku Mukabi-Kabira, Masheti Masinjila and Wanjiku Mbugua (eds.) "Delusions: Essays on Social Construction of Gender" Nairobi, Femnet, 1994
(Kenyatta University Faculty of Arts, 1999)Gender relations constitute the social, political and economic interaction of both men and women. As a result, gender contract is interpreted as an unwritten and invisible social contract defining the actions of men and ... -
Book Review: Sitwala Imenda "Unmarried Wife" East African Educational Publishers Ltd., 1996. pp.141
(Kenyatta University Faculty of Arts, 1999)It is common to hear people talk ill of polygamy. Feminists talk of it as a demonstration of male greed and irresponsibility. Some perceive it as an outdated c-ustom that has no place in modem society. Inspiration writers ... -
Phylogenetic analysis of the envelope HIV-1 type 1 isolates among Kenyan cohort
(American Society for Microbiology, 1999-05)In sub-Saharan Africa, where the effects of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) have been most devastating, there are multiple subtypes of this virus. The distribution of different subtypes within African populations ... -
Soil Fertility Improvement Strategies for Increased Food Production in the Central Highlands of Kenya
(Soil Science Society of East Africa, 2000-01)Continuous decline in soil productivity is a major constraint to the improvement of livelihoods of smallholder farmers of Kenya. In highlands, levels of soil nitrogen, phosphorus and sometimes potassium are low and the ...
