| dc.description.abstract | Conflict refers to disharmony arising from competition among two or more parties towards a shared resource or opinion. The study covered the influence of inter –clan conflicts on socio-economic development in Mandera North sub county. Objectives to the study were: to assess the influence of inter-clan political conflicts on socio-economic development in Mandera North sub county , to examine the influence of inter-clan resource allocation conflicts on socio-economic development in Mandera North sub county, to establish the influence of inter- clan stereo-tying conflicts on socio-economic development in Mandera North sub county and to assess the influence of inter – clan nepotism conflicts on socio-economic development in Mandera North sub county. The research study was built on dependency and conflict theory. The study embraced descriptive survey research design which uses words to describe the population by giving complete and detailed information of the phenomena being studied. The target population in this study was 262 individuals that comprised of sheikhs who are members of SUPKEM, chiefs and assistant chiefs, ward administrators and business people. The sample size was 156 from the target population. The researcher employed stratified random sampling approach to classify all the population within the Madera North sub county. The researcher used research question and interview schedule to collect the data from the respondent. The reliability of the questionnaire (data collection instrument) was done through piloting. On the other hand, validity of the instruments was done when researcher discussed the instruments with the supervisor. Data was collected after obtaining letter of authorization from University of Nairobi. Permission was also sought from National Commission for Science and Technology (NACOSTI).The researcher used hybrid of approaches in data collection process including one-on-one interviewer administered interviews, phone call interviews and self –administered data collection procedure. The data analytical tool was Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21. Descriptive statistics (mean standard devotion, frequencies and percentages) and also inferential statistics (t-test analysis for testing the hypothesis) was applied in analysis of data. From the findings, it was concluded that inter – clan conflicts had a negative influence on socio – economic development in Mandera North Sub – County. The most significant inter-clan conflicts influencing socio-economic development in Mandera North Sub County is inter-clan political conflicts (0.012) followed by inter-clan resource allocation conflicts(0.026), inter-clan stereotyping conflicts (0.035) and inter-clan nepotism conflict (0.037) respectively based on significance values. The study recommends that the county and the national leadership should be made accountable to ensuring eradication of political instigated conflicts. The resources should be distributed equally in that the entire region benefits from the resources allocated in terms of infrastructural developments and social amenities. The allocation of opportunities to be done on merit basis not based on family links which is currently entrenched in Mandera North Sub County due to nepotism. Finally, the study recommends that stereotyping should be rooted out of Mandera North Sub County and allocation of job opportunity and tenders should be based on merit, skills and expertise and not which clan they came from. | en_US |
