A Study of The Nature and Role of Traditional Leadership and Governance in Homa Bay County in The Pre-Colonial and Colonial Periods in Kenya

K’Odipo, Walter Otieno
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K’Odipo, Walter Otieno: Kaimosi Friends University (Kafu), Kenya

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2022, vol. 6, issue 12, 209-222

Abstract: The objective of the study was to analyze the nature and role of leadership and governance in Homa Bay County in pre-colonial period. The findings of the research would help the state to reform the institution of the chief regarding the ever-changing administrative framework for people at the grassroots. The role of chiefs as per the findings of this study was key in socio-economic transformations in Homa Bay County during the colonial period. Chiefs directed virtually the social, economic and political affairs in the communities. For example, the prime movers of the socio-economic activities in today’s Homa Bay County, whose economy largely relied on livestock, agriculture, fishing, pottery and weaving were the chiefs. With the establishment of Local Native Councils and later on the African District Councils, chiefs became the fulcrum around which these institutions of governance revolved.

Date: 2022
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