Assessing Governance and Land Issues as Emergent Dimensions of Insurgencies in East African Region
Abstract
The study examined the role played by governments in East African Community in the
rise of insurgent groups due to conflict over land divisions and inequality. The major
research questions addressed were; what role has the EAC governments played in the rise
of insurgents as a result of land conflict? What challenges has EAC governments
encountered in its effort to curb land insurgency in East Africa? and What results have
been achieved through the government concerned intervention in reducing land conflicts.
This study assumed that the governments i.e Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and
Burundi in East African Region have the potential to influence the stoppage of land
conflict if they are fully determined to fight it. However it is bound to be faced with
challenges and limitations which define the extent to which the governments involved
may not positively contribute to the resolving of these cases.
Data for this study is derived from discussions, interviews and questionnaires from
relevant sources involved in land conflict in East African Region especially in Kenya.
Records and other relevant documents were analyzed too.
The study is significant in that its findings are informing the countries involved about
prospects and challenges in the curbing of insurgent groups as a result of land conflict.
Policy makers and other relevant stakeholders will find this study useful to them too.
Citation
A research project submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of masters of Arts In International Conflict Management.Publisher
University of Nairobi Arts , University of Nairobi