The Demise and Rise of Majimbo in Independent Kenya

Bibliographic Data

ID20051286
AuthorsRobert M Maxon (0000-0003-4802-1436, corresponding author)
Year2016
Pages19-48
Publication date2016-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueKenya After 50 (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9781137558305_2
OpenAlexW2487481928
ISBN9781137558305
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited7

The demise and rise of federalism as a governing system in independent Kenya, normally referred to by the Swahili word majimbo (literally provinces/states), remains a scarcely studied and understood subject in that nation's first fifty years of independence. This is surprising as the histories of independent Kenya published during the current decade identify issues of federalism and centralism as being fundamental to political discourse and contestation at particular junctures during that half century (Branch, 2013; Hornsby, 2012). Yet the history of majimbo is hardly straightforward. It has been marked by deep divisions among the political elite and ordinary Kenyans. The divisive nature of appeals for majimbo was clearly manifested in the aftermath of the controversial 2007 election. This chapter will explore the seeming paradox of the demise and rise of federalism during post-independent Kenya's constitutional history.KeywordsCentral GovernmentPrime MinisterEthnic CommunityCoalition GovernmentFederal SystemThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves

Centralized government · Demise · Development economics · Economics · Elite · Federalism · Independence (probability theory) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law

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