| | The following is a response to 'Democratisation in Kenya: Should the Left Participate or Not?' which appeared in ROAPE 61. In the aftermath of the 1992 Kenyan multi-party general elections, the first plural elections since political independence in 1963, and the victory of the ruling Kenya African National Union (KANU) on a minority vote, progressive forces, patriots, democrats, and the left in Kenya have demonstrated a concern to critically evaluate the political fecundity of participating in electoral politics. Inside the country, the frustrations, disenchantment and despondency over the failure of the opposition parties to remove the Moi regime at the last election, has fostered a situation in which ordinary people are beginning to ask whether genuine changes can be brought about through the ballot box. Given this state of affairs, it is not surprising that in their latest pamphlet, Mwakenya addresses itself to the content of 'democratic transition' in Kenya and attempts to chart a way forward. |
