Review of Radicalization and Its Impact on Kenya’s National Security: Case Study of Kenyan Coast Region (2010-2015)

Abstract

This study seeks to establish the impact of radicalization on Kenya’s national security using the case study of the Kenyan coastal region. The specific objectives of the study are to: determine the root causes and processes of radicalization; establish the elements of national security influenced by radicalization and identify the impacts of radicalization on Kenya’s national security. The study reviews available literature concerning radicalization to appraise what different scholars have established and identifies existing knowledge gaps. Additionally, the study serves to give the government of Kenya and states in the international system suitable conclusions and recommendations on the impacts of radicalization on people’s security and national security. The study uses a descriptive research design to present and analyze data answering the study’s research questions. Descriptive research design depicts the variables precisely allowing the use of observations, surveys and case studies approaches to assemble the study’s information. The research design does not look for any given particular relationship nor does it correlate two or more research variables. The study used a descriptive research design because the issue of radicalization is best analyzed through it.