Eric Mutisya Kioko
Biographic Data
| ID | 374047 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric Mutisya Kioko |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric Mutisya |
| FAMILY NAME | Kioko |
| SIGNATURE | KIOKO E M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kenyatta University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7318-7609 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Mining sacred nature: Extractivism and constrained agency in Kenya's sacred forests
This article examines how structural power, in the form of land dispossession and extractive practices by mining companies and the state, constrains the agency of local communities living in areas where extraction occurs. Although there is plenty of literature on how agency is exercised to challenge, resist or reshape structures, the ways in which agency is constrained, and the outcomes of these processes in the extractive sector, are not well un…
Ghost projects and the ambiguity of infrastructure development
Infrastructure Sabotage as Future‐Making: The Material and Immaterial Power of Constructive Destruction
We propose that a critical examination of infrastructure sabotage should consider its material and immaterial dimension, and its constructive and destructive effects. Combining these two antagonisms, we suggest a matrix of four quadrants that describes (1) deconstructive material effects , (2) constructive material effects , (3) destructive immaterial effects , and (4) constructive immaterial effects of infrastructure sabotage. Through the case s…
Infrastructure-driven land appropriation, institutional change and conflict in a communal conservancy in Kenya
The non-economy of anticipation in the construction phase of large dams
Large-scale infrastructure projects often include government promises and visions designed to win the approval and support of affected populations and to attract much-needed funding for implementation. The promise of infrastructure leads to changes in the visions and aspirations of affected communities, and fuels anticipatory and speculative investment to tie one's future to the perceived benefits of the project. In this article, we explore the p…
Conservation, Markets & the Environment in Southern and Eastern Africa: Commodifying the ‘Wild’
Megaprojects-mega failures? The politics of aspiration and the transformation of rural Kenya
Megaprojects are returning to play a key role in the transformation of rural Africa, despite controversies over their outcome. While some view them as promising tools for a 'big push' of modernization, others criticize their multiple adverse effects and risk of failure. Against this backdrop, the paper revisits earlier concepts that have explained megaproject failures by referring to problems of managerial complexity and the logics of state-led d…
Rethinking African Futures after Covid-19
This article focuses on the impact of COVID-19 in Africa, describes its effects for ongoing research, and asks how it may impact African studies. In Africa, as elsewhere in the world, the pandemic is changing the way people think about the future. The crisis gives rise to a feeling of uncertainty, while casting doubt on future orientations based on forecasts and planning. This scepticism does not concern the African continent alone, but it is her…
Cooperation in the midst of violence: Land deals and cattle raids in Narok and Laikipia, Kenya
What drives the formation of ties and networks in ethnically hybrid spaces despite the occurrence of conflict? We approach this question by examining the actors involved, the institutions affected, and the economic and environmental contexts surrounding such tendencies. This study explores socially thick arrangements between Maasai and Kikuyu in Narok and their role in the non-violent use of formerly contested lands. In Laikipia, we examine how y…
Conflict Resolution and Crime Surveillance in Kenya: Local Peace Committees and Nyumba Kumi
In the wake of widespread interethnic 'clashes' and al-Shabaab terrorist attacks in Kenya over the last few years, the state has embarked on the devolution of capacities for ensuring security and peace to the local level. The state gave the rights to handle specific local conflicts and crime prevention to local peace committees in an attempt to standardise an aspect of customary law, and to Nyumba Kumi committees in a strategy of anchoring commun…
Regional varieties and “ethnic” registers of Sheng
Cross-cutting Ties and Coexistence: Intermarriage, Land Rentals and Changing Land Use Patterns among Maasai and Kikuyu of Maiella and Enoosupukia, Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya
This paper explores the value of cross-cutting ties and conflicting loyalties for the peaceful management of conflicts and the emergence of collective action across previously violently contested community boundaries in two communities in the Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya. In the researched communities cross-cutting ties result from intermarriages, land rentals and friendship. Fieldwork was conducted in six neighbouring villages on the border betwee…
Megaprojects-mega failures? The politics of aspiration and the transformation of rural Kenya
Megaprojects are returning to play a key role in the transformation of rural Africa, despite controversies over their outcome. While some view them as promising tools for a 'big push' of modernization, others criticize their multiple adverse effects and risk of failure. Against this backdrop, the paper revisits earlier concepts that have explained megaproject failures by referring to problems of managerial complexity and the logics of state-led d…
Conflict Resolution and Crime Surveillance in Kenya: Local Peace Committees and Nyumba Kumi
In the wake of widespread interethnic 'clashes' and al-Shabaab terrorist attacks in Kenya over the last few years, the state has embarked on the devolution of capacities for ensuring security and peace to the local level. The state gave the rights to handle specific local conflicts and crime prevention to local peace committees in an attempt to standardise an aspect of customary law, and to Nyumba Kumi committees in a strategy of anchoring commun…
Rethinking African Futures after Covid-19
This article focuses on the impact of COVID-19 in Africa, describes its effects for ongoing research, and asks how it may impact African studies. In Africa, as elsewhere in the world, the pandemic is changing the way people think about the future. The crisis gives rise to a feeling of uncertainty, while casting doubt on future orientations based on forecasts and planning. This scepticism does not concern the African continent alone, but it is her…
Cooperation in the midst of violence: Land deals and cattle raids in Narok and Laikipia, Kenya
What drives the formation of ties and networks in ethnically hybrid spaces despite the occurrence of conflict? We approach this question by examining the actors involved, the institutions affected, and the economic and environmental contexts surrounding such tendencies. This study explores socially thick arrangements between Maasai and Kikuyu in Narok and their role in the non-violent use of formerly contested lands. In Laikipia, we examine how y…
Cross-cutting Ties and Coexistence: Intermarriage, Land Rentals and Changing Land Use Patterns among Maasai and Kikuyu of Maiella and Enoosupukia, Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya
This paper explores the value of cross-cutting ties and conflicting loyalties for the peaceful management of conflicts and the emergence of collective action across previously violently contested community boundaries in two communities in the Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya. In the researched communities cross-cutting ties result from intermarriages, land rentals and friendship. Fieldwork was conducted in six neighbouring villages on the border betwee…
Infrastructure-driven land appropriation, institutional change and conflict in a communal conservancy in Kenya
Regional varieties and “ethnic” registers of Sheng
Cross-cutting Ties and Coexistence: Intermarriage, Land Rentals and Changing Land Use Patterns among Maasai and Kikuyu of Maiella and Enoosupukia, Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya
This paper explores the value of cross-cutting ties and conflicting loyalties for the peaceful management of conflicts and the emergence of collective action across previously violently contested community boundaries in two communities in the Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya. In the researched communities cross-cutting ties result from intermarriages, land rentals and friendship. Fieldwork was conducted in six neighbouring villages on the border betwee…
Conflict Resolution and Crime Surveillance in Kenya: Local Peace Committees and Nyumba Kumi
In the wake of widespread interethnic 'clashes' and al-Shabaab terrorist attacks in Kenya over the last few years, the state has embarked on the devolution of capacities for ensuring security and peace to the local level. The state gave the rights to handle specific local conflicts and crime prevention to local peace committees in an attempt to standardise an aspect of customary law, and to Nyumba Kumi committees in a strategy of anchoring commun…
Cooperation in the midst of violence: Land deals and cattle raids in Narok and Laikipia, Kenya
What drives the formation of ties and networks in ethnically hybrid spaces despite the occurrence of conflict? We approach this question by examining the actors involved, the institutions affected, and the economic and environmental contexts surrounding such tendencies. This study explores socially thick arrangements between Maasai and Kikuyu in Narok and their role in the non-violent use of formerly contested lands. In Laikipia, we examine how y…
Megaprojects-mega failures? The politics of aspiration and the transformation of rural Kenya
Megaprojects are returning to play a key role in the transformation of rural Africa, despite controversies over their outcome. While some view them as promising tools for a 'big push' of modernization, others criticize their multiple adverse effects and risk of failure. Against this backdrop, the paper revisits earlier concepts that have explained megaproject failures by referring to problems of managerial complexity and the logics of state-led d…
Rethinking African Futures after Covid-19
This article focuses on the impact of COVID-19 in Africa, describes its effects for ongoing research, and asks how it may impact African studies. In Africa, as elsewhere in the world, the pandemic is changing the way people think about the future. The crisis gives rise to a feeling of uncertainty, while casting doubt on future orientations based on forecasts and planning. This scepticism does not concern the African continent alone, but it is her…
Conservation, Markets & the Environment in Southern and Eastern Africa: Commodifying the ‘Wild’
Infrastructure Sabotage as Future‐Making: The Material and Immaterial Power of Constructive Destruction
We propose that a critical examination of infrastructure sabotage should consider its material and immaterial dimension, and its constructive and destructive effects. Combining these two antagonisms, we suggest a matrix of four quadrants that describes (1) deconstructive material effects , (2) constructive material effects , (3) destructive immaterial effects , and (4) constructive immaterial effects of infrastructure sabotage. Through the case s…
Infrastructure-driven land appropriation, institutional change and conflict in a communal conservancy in Kenya
The non-economy of anticipation in the construction phase of large dams
Large-scale infrastructure projects often include government promises and visions designed to win the approval and support of affected populations and to attract much-needed funding for implementation. The promise of infrastructure leads to changes in the visions and aspirations of affected communities, and fuels anticipatory and speculative investment to tie one's future to the perceived benefits of the project. In this article, we explore the p…
Mining sacred nature: Extractivism and constrained agency in Kenya's sacred forests
This article examines how structural power, in the form of land dispossession and extractive practices by mining companies and the state, constrains the agency of local communities living in areas where extraction occurs. Although there is plenty of literature on how agency is exercised to challenge, resist or reshape structures, the ways in which agency is constrained, and the outcomes of these processes in the extractive sector, are not well un…
Ghost projects and the ambiguity of infrastructure development
Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (3 works) · Water Governance and Infrastructure (3 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (2 works)