The local politics of resource distribution

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ID23565263
AuthorsM Hassan (0000-0002-0476-8792, University of Michigan, corresponding author)
EditorsNic Cheeseman (0000-0002-0922-7514), Karuti Kanyinga (0000-0002-6445-9801), Gabrielle Lynch (0000-0003-3669-1969)
Year2020
Pages481-496
Publication date2020-02-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueOxford Handbook of Kenyan Politics (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198815693.013.35
OpenAlexW3017290038
ISBN9780198815693
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited4

How have successive Kenyan governments distributed development resources since Independence? Resource distribution institutions during Kenya’s first five decades after Independence followed either a center-led or local-led track. Each president designed his own center-led resource distribution strategies, and distributed state resources disproportionately to his co-ethnic base in light of the group’s geographic location and representation in the bureaucracy. Presidents have designed local-led tracks to check the power of and (since the return of multi-party elections) to bargain with legislative elites. This chapter finds that the resulting distribution patterns across space have been driven by ethnic politics. The ethnic (sub-)groups that most strongly support the patron in charge of distributing either center- or local-led resources have been those that have benefited the most.

Bureaucracy · Distribution (mathematics) · Economics · Ethnic group · Geography · Independence (probability theory) · Kenya · Legislature · Management · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics) · Resource (disambiguation) · Resource allocation · Resource distribution · State (computer science) · Cambodian History and Society · Computer Science · International Development and Aid · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration

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