Ethnicity, intra-elite differentiation and political stability in Kenya

Bedasso, Biniam E.

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“…Kenya's political economy has been characterised by more competitive politics than the other cases mentioned here, with multiparty elections resulting in several changes in government. Within the study of Kenyan politics, there is a tendency to explain Kenyan politics through the lens of ethnicity (Berman, 1998;Lynch, 2006;Bedasso, 2015), with ethnic differences increasingly politicised over the last 30 years (Lynch, 2014). The study of Kenyan state-business relations is no different from the study of broader politics.…”

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African Development and the Marginalisation of Domestic Capitalists

Behuria

2019

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The revival of industrial policy discussions has operated in parallel to reports of increasing domestic wealth accumulation across the African continent. Regional and continent-wide industrialisation has begun to be rhetorically linked to discussions of regional common markets and through the African Continental Free Trade Area. Yet, there is barely any mention of integrating African capital into the African industrial policy agenda. Where such discussions have appeared, they have emerged through the 'Africapitalism' narrative, which ignores the role of the state and politics in supporting and sustaining domestic business groups. Instead, the re-imagination of industrial policy on the continent relies on foreign investors, particularly the relocation of Chinese industry to various parts of the continent. This paper has two core objectives. The first is to explain why the study of African capitalists-popular in the 1980s and 1990s-has remained relatively dormant since then. Dominant narratives-through neopatrimonalism and dependency-inspired arguments-have been pessimistic about the potential of African capitalists to deliver structural transformation. Gradually, these narratives, alongside intellectual trends within mainstream social science and African studies, have discouraged the study of politics of state-business relations in Africa. Yet African capitalists have become increasingly prominent in popular culture. Many of the wealthiest and most prominent capitalists have emerged through owning diversified business groups across the continent. This paper argues that more attention should be dedicated to the study of the politics of the emergence and sustenance of African diversified business groups (DBGs). To achieve this goal, a fluid categorisation of DBGs is introduced, building on Ben Ross Schneider's previous work. By examining three country case studies-Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania-this paper highlights how a range of DBGs are emerging across three very different political contexts.

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Section: Kenyamentioning

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African Development and the Marginalisation of Domestic Capitalists

Behuria

2019

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“…Power is secured by the president's own ethnic group who use it to their own advantage. This explains the winner-takes-it-all approach of political elites (Bedasso, 2015). Both Bedasso (2015) and Fjelde and Höglund (2018) agree that since the political elites have successfully managed to convenience a large number of citizens that losing power equates to losing access to resources, the stakes of political competition are often high.…”

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“…This explains the winner-takes-it-all approach of political elites (Bedasso, 2015). Both Bedasso (2015) and Fjelde and Höglund (2018) agree that since the political elites have successfully managed to convenience a large number of citizens that losing power equates to losing access to resources, the stakes of political competition are often high. As a result, people would rather stick together along ethnic lines, rather than lose resources, often described as the "national cake.…”

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Inclusiveness and Social Justice in Evaluation: An Evaluability Assessment

Maliah,

Abuya

2023

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Kenya is a multi-ethnic and culturally diverse society that has witnessed conflicts arising from this ethnic and cultural diversity. The country’s politics is tainted with ethnic sentiments and politically induced disharmony. This paper used evaluability assessment to determine whether two issues identified in the Kenyan Cohesion and Integration Policy as threats to building a unified nation are evaluable, feasible and of use to achieve the policy’s objectives. The feasibility study, better known as an evaluability assessment, confirms that these two issues can be evaluated and can help policymakers and practitioners to achieve the country’s dream of building one cohesive nation that is proud of its diversity. Based on the discussion in this paper, it is advised that Kenya uses the evaluability assessment to provide short-and long-term outcomes that might be examined to measure efficacy and save superfluous or poorly conceived full-scale evaluations. The evaluability assessment method could be used in other, well-established programs related to the Kenya National and Integration Policy with a variety of stakeholders to foster new thinking and the potential for more focused and effective evaluations, even though there may be variations between programs and it is still unclear how generalisable these results may be. The next step would be to continue with an evaluation based on the results of this evaluability assessment and to continue refining the logic model with input from the participants.

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“…Political violence is also a factor, and it escalates in months preceding elections as tensions increase between the opposing parties, this seen in the post-election violence of 2017 was of the feature in Kenyan history (Bedasso, 2015). Zimbabwe has a long-protracted history of political violence and conflict, which in recent history was evident in occurrences such as the violence during the liberation struggle, the Gukurahundi genocide that happened in the 1980's, violence, and brutality pre and post elections and the use of violent force by the government in response to political unrest (Tshuma, 2019).…”

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Mapping the integration of the fields of mental health and psychosocial support with peacebuilding through co-creation.

Dlamini

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Protracted conflict, combined with the resultant psychological scarring have been a part of present life for many societies. Historically Peace Building and MHPSS (Mental Health and Psychosocial Support) have been used to address the effects of conflict separately, yet they offer different yet complementary solutions to the problem. The purpose of this research was to explore the integration of MHPSS and PB from the viewpoint of the participants of cocreation workshops conducted in 2019 and 2021 on the same topic. A qualitative descriptive design was utilised in this study as it allowed the researcher to explore how the participants responded to the co-creation methodology used in the workshops while gaining insight into their opinions on integration. The study was conducted using documented reports and transcripts of the co-creation workshops, followed by in-depth online interviews. A thematic analysis was used, and findings show that changing funding mandates were necessary as these impact on what humanitarian work is done. Through advocacy, information sharing, and policy change, the way in which donors approach this work could be changed. Much needs to be done to capacitate those working in the field and to raise awareness of the value of linking these disciplines. Greater understanding between the two fields and knowledge of the language, theories and tools used will need to be shared. The co-creation method that was used for the present study seems to have benefitted the process of integration in the participating organisations, through reflection, information sharing, research and writing.

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Ethnicity, intra-elite differentiation and political stability in Kenya

Cited by 6 publications

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African Development and the Marginalisation of Domestic Capitalists

African Development and the Marginalisation of Domestic Capitalists

Inclusiveness and Social Justice in Evaluation: An Evaluability Assessment

Mapping the integration of the fields of mental health and psychosocial support with peacebuilding through co-creation.

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