Ethnicity and Politics in Kenya’s Turbulent Path to Democracy and Development

Michael Otieno Kisaka () and Israel Nyaburi Nyadera
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Michael Otieno Kisaka: Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Sociology, Ankara, Turkey
Israel Nyaburi Nyadera: Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Political Science and History, Ankara, Turkey

Journal of Social Policy Conferences, 2019, vol. 0, issue 76, 159-180

Abstract: This article examines the manifestation of ethnicity in Kenyan politics and its impact on Kenya’s democratic path and development. It questions the salience of ethnicity in politics and traces the origin of ethnic consciousness to the colonial era. Efforts by the successive regimes to advance a national identity have proved futile as all of them have worked to calcify it through its exploitation and politicization. We utilize an intersection of theoretical approaches to zoom in on the overwhelming nature of ethnicity in politics. The crux of our argument is that ethnicity has, over time, been used for by the self-aggrandizing political elite for self-serving interests and it is our opinion that the historic handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and the former Prime Minister Raila Odinga provided another unique opportunity for de-ethicising Kenya’s politics and for strengthening the existing institution.Keywords: Çalışma hayatı, Çobanlık mesleği, Çoban çalışma hayatı, Atyolu, Şenkaya

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.26650/jspc.2019.76.0002

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