dc.contributor.author | Akumu, Bonface O | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-01T05:57:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-02-01T05:57:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/154450 | |
dc.description.abstract | The study was on the influence of ethnicity on presidential election competition: The Case
of 2013 and 2017 general election. The study had three specific objectives which included:
To assess how Kenyan political parties, contribute to the entrenchment of ethnic politics
and contestation in presidential electoral contests, to assess how negative ethnicity; affect
political reforms and governance in the nation and lastly, to assess how negative ethnicity
affect cohesion in Kenya. The study used an integration of primordialism, constructivism
and instrumentalism theories to describe, explain and predict the influence of ethnicity on
presidential electoral competition. The study used qualitative research methods to collect
data. Focus group discussions and narrative interviews were the main methods that were
utilized in the collection of primary data. The study made certain findings which included:
Colonial policies played a role in the genesis of ethnic politics, ethnicity evolved gradually
until it was first expressed in 1963 general elections. Since then, it has evolved and
manifested in the formation of political parties and coalitions on subsequent presidential
elections. Attempts have been made to reduce the influence of ethnicity in presidential
elections. Despite those noble measures, ethnicity was found to have negatively influenced
presidential electoral contest in 2013 as well as in 2017 presidential election competitions. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.subject | Influence of Ethnicity on Presidential Election Competition | en_US |
dc.title | The Influence of Ethnicity on Presidential Election Competition in Kenya: the Case of 2013 and 2017 General Elections. | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |