Population, economy and domestic groups - the Kitui case

Opening ParagraphMajor factors which influence the pace of change in rural districts of Kenya relate to the nature of the local environment and traditional economy, population density and the degree of integration with the national economy and polity. In general change takes place more rapidly in the better watered high potential areas than in the semi-arid or arid areas. Kitui is a district in the semi-arid zone of the Eastern Province, Kenya. Traditionally its residents - the Kitui Akamba - were agro-pastoralists. With the establishment of British rule they expanded cultivation into former rangelands, and grazed their animals'cattle and small stock - in areas once the preserve of wild life. This generated a resurgence in the local economy mirrored in the fact that the young men adamantly resisted administrative pressure to induce them to become labour migrants

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