| dc.description.abstract | The role of the Provincial Administration as
an extension of the ideology of the group in
power and its effect on human rights, has never
been investigated this is an attempt to traversing
this neglected. This investigation has in
effect been ambitious for it h s attempted to bring
within its ambit most of the general aspects which
underlie the authoritarianism of the provincial
administration and the effect of this on human
rights. Consequently, an attempt has been made
to examine the provincial administration since its
inception to the contemporary period. This examination therefore brings into sharp focus the historical element with the hope that this would help explain the
nature of this institution. A study of history
has been helpful in the sense that it demonstrated
that in the last 75 years of its life, the social milieu of the Kenyan society h s not changed in any
significant way. Consequently, the provincial
administration be has not changed and this study therefore has been predicted on a plane of historical
continum • In this respect there has been therefore
a deliberate attempt not to introduce a break into the
paper into the form of any chapters sub-chapters and
titles and sub-titles. This exercise has deemed necessary for it as it were mimes the
outreaching and progress (if only in terms of time)
of the provincial administration on the historical
plane•
This author however, hastens to add
that this i not a pioneer work on the provincial
administration but an analysis that is based on
economic approach. It is therefore the approach
that is novel.
In this examination certain abbreviations
have been used principle amongst the being,
EAS, stand for THE EAST AFRICAN STANDARD" and P.C.,
PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER ,D. C." DISTRICT COMMISSIONER
D.O. for DISTRICT OFFICER". Because of its general nature
constant reference to the footnotes and
appendixes will be found useful •
Several people have made this examination see the print. Principal of these being Mr. Ander’s
Karlsoon ( IDA) whose insight into political thought
it guided through the mysteries of political
analysis … | |
