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Governance and Ethics: A Philosophical Perspective
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)
Broadly speaking, governance can be perceived to refer to the competent
management of public affairs in a government. Governance therefore is the act of
governing. It relates to decisions that define expectations, grant ...
Policed perceptions, masked realities: Human rights and law enforcement in Kenyan popular art
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012-03)
Human rights record is often monitored through mass media content.
However, in repressed societies, mass media is often policed, resulting in
sanitised depictions of life. Such mass media appears inadequate as a
source ...
Education as a Tool for Enhancing Social Adjustment for Students with Mental Retardation
(NA, 2012)
Mental retardation is a condition characterized by a combination of deficits in both cognitive
functioning and adaptive behavior. The severity of mental retardation is determined by the
discrepancy between the individual’s ...
Strategies Influencing Achievement in Mathematics and Competence in Soft Skills among Students in Technical Colleges in Kenya
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)
Mathematics is useful in daily life. It plays an important role in developing students’ logical,
creative and critical reasoning, optimize industrial processes, solve problems, function with linear
and non-linear thought ...
LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND THE TRIPS AGREEMENT: ARGUMENTS FOR A SHIFT TO VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE
(African Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2012)
Following years of intense lobbying, disagreements and a circus of back and forth
arguments, intellectual property rights eventually found their way into the legal
framework regulating global trade.1 This followed the ...
An Examination of Factors Determining Access to Free Primary Education in Mitaboni Zone, Kathiani Division, Machakos District, Kenya
(NA, 2012)
With the re-introduction of the Free Primary Education (FPE) by the Kenyan Government in
January 2003, it was expected that all children of Primary school going age would be enrolled in
school. But, after the re-introduction ...
The Role of Value-Based Management Tools on the Performance of Firms Listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Kabarak University, 2012-02)
The purpose of this paper was to determine the role of value-based management tools namely
the Balanced scorecard and selected organizational factors on the performance of firms listed in the
Nairobi Securities Exchange. ...
Biology Education: A Teachers Perspective on the Challenges in the Delivery of Content and Performance in Biology. A Case of Bungoma County, Kenya
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)
Biology is a teaching and learning subject at secondary school level in Kenyan schools. Higher
education does not exist in isolation but is a build up from knowledge gained at lower levels of
education. Biology plays a ...
An Inviting School in Urban Low Socio-Economic Setting: A Case Study of A Public Primary School In Kibera Slum, Kenya
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)
Truly inviting schools do exist in growing numbers throughout the United States, Canada, South
Africa, Hong Kong and other countries. These schools do not happen by accident but are the
products of optimism, trust, ...
Judicial Radical Surgery in Kenya: Beyond Independence and Accountability
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)
A 1989 World Bank Development Report recognized anticorruption and good
governance as prerequisites for Sub-Saharan economic development. Kenya’s
democratic transition entailed inter alia economic liberalization and the ...