Republic of Kenya
| Country Profiles and Links to Research Resources Republic of Kenya |
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Kenya is a republic is east Africa, with its largest city the central capital Nairobi, and the second Mombassa, a port and tourist centre on the Indian Ocean. Kenya gained independence from Britain in 1963, and became a republic in 1964. In 1982, the constitution was changed to make Kenya a one-party state with Daniel arap Moi's KANU as the single legal political party. |
Published in the Journal | |
 | Reforming the State? Kleptocracy and the Political Transition in Kenya Article by Roger Southall from Vol.26 No.79 of the Review of African Political Economy (March 1999: pp93-108) |
| Kenya's Democracy Experiment: The 1997 Elections Briefing by Rok Ajulu from Vol.25 No.76 of the Review of African Political Economy (June 1998: pp275-285) |
| Moi's Flawed Mandate: The Crisis Continues in Kenya Briefing by Roger Southall from Vol.25 No.75 of the Review of African Political Economy (March 1998: pp101-111) |
| Kenya: the Trial of Koigi wa Wamwere et al. Briefing by David Bryan Sullivan from Vol.22 No.64 of the Review of African Political Economy (June 1995: pp262-267) |
| The State vs. the Academic Unions in Post-colonial Kenya Briefing by Alamin Mazrui and Willy Mutunga from Vol.22 No.64 of the Review of African Political Economy (June 1995: pp257-262) |
| The Left and the Question of Democratic Transition in Kenya: A Reply to Mwakenya Debate by Rok Ajulu from Vol.22 No.64 of the Review of African Political Economy (June 1995: pp229-245) |
| Democratisation in Kenya: Should the Left Participate or Not? Briefing by Mwakenya from Vol.21 No.61 of the Review of African Political Economy (September 1994: pp475-478) |
| The Kenya Elections Briefing by Rok Ajulu from Vol.20 No.56 of the Review of African Political Economy (March 1993: pp98-102) |
| Gender and Contract Farming in Kericho, Kenya Article by Dorthe von Bulow and Anne Sorensen from Vol.20 No.56 of the Review of African Political Economy (March 1993: pp38-52) |
| Kenya: The Road to Democracy Debate by Rok Ajulu from Vol.19 No.53 of the Review of African Political Economy (March 1992: pp79-87) |
| Manifesto of Ukenya Movement for Unity and Democratic Democracy in Kenya Briefing by Ukenya from Vol.14 No.39 of the Review of African Political Economy (Summer 1987: pp75-81) |
| The Kenya State, Agribusiness and the Peasantry Briefing by Kate Currie and Larry Ray from Vol.14 No.38 of the Review of African Political Economy (Spring 1987: pp89-95) |
| Women's Groups and Women's Subordination: An Analysis of Policies Towards Rural Women in Kenya Article by Rayah Feldman from Vol.10 No.27/28 of the Review of African Political Economy (Winter 1983: pp67-85) |
| Repression Intensifies in Kenya: The Need for Solidarity Briefing by An International Solidarity Committee from Vol.9 No.25 of the Review of African Political Economy (Winter 1982: pp112-117) |
| Contract Farming and The Peasantry: Cases from Western Kenya Article by Mogens Buch-Hansen and Henrik Secher Marcussen from Vol.9 No.23 of the Review of African Political Economy (Spring 1982: pp9-36) |
| Detentions in Kenya Note from Vol.8 No.22 of the Review of African Political Economy (Winter 1981: p4) |
| The Peasant Question in Kenya Bibliography from Vol.8 No.20 of the Review of African Political Economy (Spring 1981: pp121-124) |
| Law, Rangelands, the Peasantry and Social Class in Kenya Article by S B O Gutto from Vol.8 No.20 of the Review of African Political Economy (Spring 1981: pp41-56) |
| The Kenya Peasantry: a Re-assessment Article by Apollo L Njonjo from Vol.8 No.20 of the Review of African Political Economy (Spring 1981: pp27-40) |
| The Peasant Question in Kenya Editorial by P Anyang 'N'yong'o from Vol.8 No.20 of the Review of African Political Economy (Spring 1981: pp1-6) |
| Kenya: What Does 'Dependency' Explain? Debate by Colin Leys from Vol.7 No.17 of the Review of African Political Economy (Spring 1980: pp108-113) |
| Capitalist Accumulation in Kenya: Straw Men Rule OK? Debate by J S Henley from Vol.7 No.17 of the Review of African Political Economy (Spring 1980: pp105-108) |
| Debate in Kenya Editorial from Vol.7 No.17 of the Review of African Political Economy (Spring 1980: pp1-3) |
| Inappropriate Products and Techniques: Breakfast Food in Kenya Briefing by Raphael Kaplinsky from Vol.6 No.14 of the Review of African Political Economy (Spring 1979: pp90-96) |
| The State and Capitalism in Kenya Debate by Steven Langdon from Vol.4 No.8 of the Review of African Political Economy (Spring 1977: pp90-98) |
| The Rise of a National Bourgeoisie in Kenya Article by Nicola Swainson from Vol.4 No.8 of the Review of African Political Economy (Spring 1977: pp39-55) |
| Bonapartism and Kenyatta's Regime in Kenya Debate by Jay O'Brien from Vol.3 No.6 of the Review of African Political Economy (Summer 1976: pp90-95) |
| The Situation of Agricultural Workers in Kenya Article by Kerstin Leitner from Vol.3 No.6 of the Review of African Political Economy (Summer 1976: pp34-50) |
| Underdevelopment in Kenya: The Political Economy of Neo-colonialism 1964-1971 by Colin Leys Review by Geoff Lamb from Vol.2 No.3 of the Review of African Political Economy (Summer 1975: pp84-89) |
| Multinational Corporations, Taste Transfer and Underdevelopment: A Case Study from Kenya Article by Steve Langdon from Vol.2 No.2 of the Review of African Political Economy (Spring 1975: pp12-35) |
| Links to Other Sites | |
| Home Page: KHRI Kenya Human Rights Initiative/Koigi wa Wamwere - based at Centre for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy at Cornell University, New York, US (www.spidergraphics.com/khr, 02-Dec-98) |
| Home Page: Daily Nation Daily Nation on the Web - internet edition of printed newspaper, based in Nairobi, updated daily (www.nationaudio.com/News/DailyNation/Today, 01-Dec-98) |
| Home Page: East African The East African - internet edition of printed newspaper, based in Nairobi, updated weekly (www.nationaudio.com/News/EastAfrican/Current, 29-Dec-98) |
| Home Page: Karen'Gata Karen'Gata (The Chronicle) - regularly updated general news (www.africaonline.co.ke/AfricaOnline/karengata.html, 29-Dec-98) |
| Home Page: Kenyaweb Kenyaweb - described as 'Kenya's definitive internet resource', includes tourism, hotels and flattering portraits of government ministers (www.kenyaweb.com, 29-Dec-98) |
| Web Report: Repression & Resistance Kenya - Repression and Resistance - Amnesty International's briefing to 'Kenya Campaign' on human rights violations (www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/kenya, 09-Dec-98) |
| Home Page: ereview The Economic Review (Kenya) - weekly news magazine on Kenyan economy with some critical material - now closed? (www.africaonline.co.ke/AfricaOnline/ereview.html, 29-Dec-98) |
| Home Page: Elections 97 Elections 97 (Kenya) - details of political parties and presidential candidates - produced by one of the 4 Nairobi internet providers in 1997 (www.elections.co.kr, 11-Dec-98) |
| Web Links: Kenya - Columbia Univ Columbia University AS - Kenya - collection of links to resources on Kenya (www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/Africa/Kenya.html, 29-Dec-98) |
| Web Links: Kenya - UPenn University Pennsylvania SAS - Kenya - collection of links to resources on Kenya (www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Kenya.html, 29-Dec-98) |
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