This is a book on political repression in Kenya under
colonial and post-colonial rule, from 1902 when
Kenya s present borders were settled, to 2002 when
the party of independence, KANU, lost its forty -year
hold on power. The book undertakes to advance
knowledge about political repression of political
parties in Africa, through an analysis of the
linkages between the colonial and post colonial
states, ethnicity, and social classes in formation,
consolidation, and conflict in Kenya to describe and
explain the patterns, variability and scope of
political repression. Through a review of the
colonial regime (1902-1962), the subsequent Kenyatta
(1963-1978), and Moi (1978-2002) eras, this book
explores how and why avenues of popular expression,
dissent and political action were systematically
closed off and subverted by increasingly narrow,
politically insecure, but still dominant ethnic and
political classes.
The book should be of interest to political
scientists, economists, human rights lawyers and
social activists and those interested in contemporary
political and social history of African states.
colonial and post-colonial rule, from 1902 when
Kenya s present borders were settled, to 2002 when
the party of independence, KANU, lost its forty -year
hold on power. The book undertakes to advance
knowledge about political repression of political
parties in Africa, through an analysis of the
linkages between the colonial and post colonial
states, ethnicity, and social classes in formation,
consolidation, and conflict in Kenya to describe and
explain the patterns, variability and scope of
political repression. Through a review of the
colonial regime (1902-1962), the subsequent Kenyatta
(1963-1978), and Moi (1978-2002) eras, this book
explores how and why avenues of popular expression,
dissent and political action were systematically
closed off and subverted by increasingly narrow,
politically insecure, but still dominant ethnic and
political classes.
The book should be of interest to political
scientists, economists, human rights lawyers and
social activists and those interested in contemporary
political and social history of African states.