Humanities and Social Science Research Papers/Topics

Slum Fire Fighting Strategies for Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Kibera, Nairobi County, Kenya

Abstract: Slum fires impose significant social and economic costs including loss of life, destruction of health, property, dwellings and jobs while the interlinked physical and social vulnerabilities expose the urban poor not to single but multiple risks. Disaster preparedness and mitigation are the main methods of protecting such communities against fire disasters. This study sought to examine fire safety mechanisms and their effect on prevalence of fire disasters in Kenya slums. Nairobi wi...

The Effect of Sino-Africa Relations on the Foreign Policy of the United States of America

Abstract: The Chinese model of “developmental state” has offered a substitute to the Western model of market democracy. China has also sponsored infrastructure and industrialization developments that the West has declined to fund since the days of colonization. It is to be anticipated that these developments will at the end help Africa revolutionize, a dream that appears possible for the first time since independence. With Chinese presence ever increasing, the United States must now deve...

Factors Affecting The Viability Of Women In Entrepreneurship: Implications for Nigeria’s Oil Dependency

Abstract: The main objective of the study was to investigate the factors affecting the viability of women in entrepreneurship as a result of Nigeria’s oil dependency. The study’s specific objectives were to investigate the rise of oil dependency in Nigeria and to determine the factors that led Nigerian women to self-employment, the extent to which women entrepreneurs can make an economic impact and used as a tool for liberate women financially and also how factors such as entrepreneurial...

The Effectiveness of Preventive Diplomacy in Resolving Election Violence in East Africa: A Comparative Case Study Of Kenya and Burundi

Abstract: The 1990’s era marked the advent of multiparty democracy which led to the rise in the number of elections in Africa. In 2015, elections were held in Egypt, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, Lesotho, Guinea, Sudan and Nigeria. Elections have been conducted in many African countries and some of them have been marred with violence. Electoral violence has been seen to be recurrent in most areas thereby indicating that the underlying root causes of electoral violence remain unr...

Germany Foreign Aid to Africa A Case Study of Kenya.

Description: A Research Report by Felix Vollmann, Submitted to the School of Humanities and Social Sciences in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Masters of Arts in International Relation.

The Bretton Woods Institutions and Governance in Africa a Case Study of Kenya

Description: A Research Report by Kimaru Hellen Nyawira, Submitted to the school of Humanities and Social Sciences in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Masters of Arts in International Relations

The Spread of Terrorism and the Challenges Facing the International community in their Bid to Hault Terrorism

Description: A Research Report by Ngururia Daniel Ndirangu, Submitted to the school of Humanities and Social Sciences in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Masters of Arts in International Relations.

Foreign Aid and Underdevelopment in Africa: A Case of Kenya.

Description: A Research Report by Nondi Lorraine, Submitted to the school of Humanities and Social Sciences in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree in Masters of Arts in International Relations.

Foreign Aid as an Instrument of US Foreign Policy Towards Africa A Case Study of Kenya

Description: A Research Report by Sylvester Cheruiyot Koech, Submitted to the school of Humanities and Social Sciences in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Masters of Arts in International Relations.

The Impact of Microfinance on Poverty and Developement: A Case Study of Ziwani.

Description: A Research Report by Gitau Maryanne Wanjiku, Submitted to the school of Humanities and Social Sciences in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for a Masters of Arts Degree in International Relations.

The International Implications of Internally Displaced Persons in Kenya

Description: A Research Report by Chidodo Leli Sylvia, Submitted to the school of Humanities and Social Sciences in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Masters of Arts in International Relations

Globalization and Africa Kenya Case Study

Description: A Research Report by Gathua Michael Mburu, Submitted to the school of Humanities and Social Sciences in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Masters of Arts in International Relations

The Question of Legitimacy Kenya's Recognition Policy of Governments, Under Moi's Regime (1978-1998)

Description: A Research Report by Mabeya Danvas Ogeto, Submitted to the school of Humanities and Social Sciences in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Masters of Arts in International Relations

Managing African Conflicts by African States the Case of Economic Sanctions Against Burundi

Description: A Research Report by Kinanga Stephen K., Submitted to the school of Humanities and Social Sciences in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Masters of Arts in International Relations

Refugee Resettlement in Third Countries

Description: A Research Report by Khainzah Catherine Waliaula, Submitted to the school of Humanities and Social Sciences in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Masters of Arts in International Relations


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