dc.contributor.author | Obonyo, David | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-10T11:57:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-01-10T11:57:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-08 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Obonyo,D.,August,2013.Foreign Influence On Domestic Policy: Case Study Of Kenya. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/62918 | |
dc.description.abstract | The main objective of the study was to determine forms of foreign influence on domestic
welfare. It purposed to establish ways in which foreign countries use their economic, social or
political power to dictate or impose economic, social and political restrictions on an economy.
The study used secondary data from journals and online publications in the library such as Jstor
and Ebhost. The study also used government working papers, articles done by scholars and
reports given by the NGOs. The study found that the channels used by the foreign governments
to influence Kenyan Domestic Policy is through political stability like the 2008 post elections
violence that made the country seek mediations from tern of Eminent African Personalities
chaired by Honorable Kofi Annan saw the country become a subject to other countries in and out
of the region. The other channel is through the military influence where the military funding's is
made majorly from the western countries and the need of foreign military help Kenya keep its
boarders like the coast lines that is at risk of pirates. The final channels are through economic
matters that are done through heavy borrowing that make Kenya be indebted to other foreign
countries. The study has indicated that foreign influence has various effects on the domestic
policy through human rights that receive funding's, political democratization like the multiparty
system adopted in 1991 and the power sharing deal through the national accord in 2008. Foreign
influence has also made western countries achieve their investment agenda as Kenya is their
preferred trade partner due to the good infrastructural development and business environment.
Finally, the report then gives recommendations on ways to mitigate foreign influence on
domestic policy to be: diversification of trade partners such as shift from western countries to
Middle East and Asia. The Kenyan government should discourage imports and promote the
interdependence on the infant industries and the government to develop funding criteria to
countries budget with the bulk on the countries taxes. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University Of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.title | Foreign Influence on Domestic Policy: Case Study of Kenya | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |