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Community Organizations University of Nairobi
University of Nairobi
University of Nairobi
Acronym
UON
University or Research Institution
Phone number
(+254-20) 3318262

Location

NAIROBI,KENYA.
Kenya
Working languages
inglés

 

Our Vision is to be a world-class university committed to scholarly excellence.

Our Mission is to provide quality university education and training and to embody the aspirations of the Kenyan people and the global community through creation, preservation, integration, transmission and utilization of knowledge.

Core Values

In order to realize the above vision and mission, certain shared values shall be nurtured. There is great need for the University to be guided by the right values derived from the virtues and moral standards of the Kenyan and wider society.

Core Functions

Teaching and Learning: The university offers innovative , relevant and market driven academic programmes , both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels with inbuilt quality control systems the university also provides an environment and policy framework for undertaking high quality and relevant research

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Resources

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Effects Of Land Use Change On Soil Qualities In The Sasumua Catchment Of Tana River Drainage System In Nyandarua District, Kenya

Journal Articles & Books
Diciembre, 2008
Kenya

Effects of land use conversion from forest (F) to annual crop cultivation (AC) and grazing land (LG) on soil qualities were investigated in Sasumua catchment with the aim of (a) determining the changes in selected physical and chemical qualities (b) establishing how various soil [1]quality indicators varied with different land management practices and (c) developing the minimum data set for determination of soil health.

Gender, Rights and Development: An East African Perspective

Journal Articles & Books
Diciembre, 2008
Kenya

The article problematises legal issues surrounding women's rights to land and related resources. It avers that in a plural legal context, there is need to engage all forms of law if law is to be an effective medium for challenging gendered notions of access to, control over and ownership of property. This is a key challenge in East African countries seeking to frame property and natural resource policies and laws that promote development

Development of a Prototype Land Information Management System

Reports & Research
Marzo, 2008
Kenya

This study addresses certain aspects of data modeling with respect to Geographic
information systems (GIS). The primary objective of this project is an attempt to
develop an automated Land Information Management System (LIMS). In Kenya today,
land information is held mostly in paper form, managed manually and even the paper
records themselves are not optimally organized. The process of retrieving and
disseminating this information is inefficient, time consuming and cannot support timely
decision making.