Trickle-Down Ethnic Politics: Drunk and Absent in the Kenya Police Force (1957-1970)

Oliver Vanden Eynde, Alexander Moradi and Patrick M. Kuhn

No 2016-21, CSAE Working Paper Series from Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford

Abstract: Using a panel of 6,784 Kenyan police officers, we show how the rise of ethnic politics encroached on their daily behavior during Kenya's independence period (1957-1970). We find a significant deterioration in discipline after Kenya's first multiparty election in 1961 for those police officers of ethnic groups associated with the dominant KANU party. These effects are not driven by the selection of policemen, as individual officers change their behavior when their ethnic group gains political power. While we find no evidence of favoritism within the police, we show that shocks to political dominance can still change attitudes and job performance.

Date: 2016
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Journal Article: Trickle-Down Ethnic Politics: Drunk and Absent in the Kenya Police Force (1957-1970) (2018)
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