Role of Ncic in Kenya
INTRODUCTION
Kenya is a multi-ethnic state in the southern Great Lakes region of East Africa. Kenya has a very diverse population that includes most major ethnic, racial and linguistic groups found in Africa. The majority of the country's population belongs to various Bantu sub-groups, with a significant number of Nilotes. Kenya's diversity is such that its largest ethnic group, the Kikuyu, make up for less than a fifth of total population. The 2009 census figures give the ethnic composition as follows : Kikuyu 17%, Luhya 14%, Kalenjin 13%, Luo 10%, Kamba 10%, Kisii 6%, Mijikenda 5% Meru 4%, Turkana 2.5%, Maasai2.1%. About 9% of populations consist of smaller indigenous group below 1% each, and Non-African groups (Arabs, Indians and Europeans) are estimated to total to about 1%.[1]
Kenyan politics have long been among the most "ethnic" in Africa. From the battles over the constitutional formula for independence to the waning days of the one-party regime in the late 1980s, Kenyan politicians sought support from their ethnic or sub ethnic groups, and citizens perceived most political battles to be about dividing the "national cake" among the constituent ethnic groups. Political liberalization since 1991 has not fundamentally changed this atmosphere. Most obviously, it has allowed ethnic politics to reemerge into open, public debate. Ruling and opposition parties represent primarily all, some, or coalitions of ethnic groups. Ethnically marked electoral violence, largely instigated by the ruling regime, has come to be expected, though not accepted, as part of the campaign season. Leaders are far more prone to make appeals to the state for resources in openly ethnic terms than they dared to do in the one-party era.
Kenyatta the first president of Kenya presided over a growing economy that allowed him to distribute patronage with relative ease. He allowed regional and ethnic power barons a great deal of local autonomy as long as they did not publicly question
Kenya is a multi-ethnic state in the southern Great Lakes region of East Africa. Kenya has a very diverse population that includes most major ethnic, racial and linguistic groups found in Africa. The majority of the country's population belongs to various Bantu sub-groups, with a significant number of Nilotes. Kenya's diversity is such that its largest ethnic group, the Kikuyu, make up for less than a fifth of total population. The 2009 census figures give the ethnic composition as follows : Kikuyu 17%, Luhya 14%, Kalenjin 13%, Luo 10%, Kamba 10%, Kisii 6%, Mijikenda 5% Meru 4%, Turkana 2.5%, Maasai2.1%. About 9% of populations consist of smaller indigenous group below 1% each, and Non-African groups (Arabs, Indians and Europeans) are estimated to total to about 1%.[1]
Kenyan politics have long been among the most "ethnic" in Africa. From the battles over the constitutional formula for independence to the waning days of the one-party regime in the late 1980s, Kenyan politicians sought support from their ethnic or sub ethnic groups, and citizens perceived most political battles to be about dividing the "national cake" among the constituent ethnic groups. Political liberalization since 1991 has not fundamentally changed this atmosphere. Most obviously, it has allowed ethnic politics to reemerge into open, public debate. Ruling and opposition parties represent primarily all, some, or coalitions of ethnic groups. Ethnically marked electoral violence, largely instigated by the ruling regime, has come to be expected, though not accepted, as part of the campaign season. Leaders are far more prone to make appeals to the state for resources in openly ethnic terms than they dared to do in the one-party era.
Kenyatta the first president of Kenya presided over a growing economy that allowed him to distribute patronage with relative ease. He allowed regional and ethnic power barons a great deal of local autonomy as long as they did not publicly question