Essay - Kenya: A Case Study in Reform from Its Rough Beginnings...

Kenya: A Case Study in Reform

From its rough beginnings, Kenya has instituted a series of economic reforms in an attempt to raise the condition of ***** Keny***** people. They are an attempt ***** bring the Keny***** people out of a state ***** poverty and repression to one of stability and security about ********** ability to sustain themselves. Each reform ***** been better than the last, but they are still far from solving these issues in their country. This paper will cite the reasons for this as being a need for the people to regain the feeling of nationalism echoed in the early years of independence.

Kenya's His*****ry:

Prior to1800 Kenya consisted of groups of small tribal governments. Kenya is grouped into more than 70 ethnic *****, Some of ***** ***** tribes are large e.g. the *****gikuyu who form a m*****jority of ***** population within their homeland in the central prov*****ce and can also be seen to be in large numbers in the other districts ***** Kenya. In the1800s the Christian missionaries and explorers come to Kenya in ***** numbers and established rule over ***** Kenyan people. [Africa Guide, 1997].

***** 1952 Kenya experienced and agrarian revolution. In 1963 Kenya gained independence. ***** became a republic in 1964. The first president of Kenya was Mzee Jomo who was elected in 1978. ***** 1992, he passed away and Daniel arap Moi became president. In 1992, Kenya became a multi-party *****. [***** Guide, 1997]

The Mau ***** Movement began among the Gikuyu in the 1940s. All ***** people at that time shared ***** same grievances ***** land shortages. Many farms in ***** had been taken for European settlement. [Africa Guide, 1997]

Since the end of the Second World War in 1945, Africans had ***** present*****g ********** grievances ***** the colonial government in Nairobi and the government ***** London. Under the leadership of Jomo Kenyatta, the Kenya African Union (KAU) had become a n*****tional party with wide support from the people. ***** continued to issue grievances, which went unheeded by the colonial *****. The white settlers, at ***** same time, were pressing Britain ***** ***** under ***** minority rule. [Africa Guide, 1997]

This situation ***** been documented from the early 1920s and did not change. In ***** 1940s the situation ***** explosive. The Mau Mau movement came about when certain tribal members swore allegiance to the ***** Mau movement. The Mau Mau ***** had several important effects. The British learned ***** the African people would not tolerate govern by the ***** and ***** committed and that rule could not be maintained except under massive military force. It also brought the problems of Kenya to the attention of the world. [Africa Guide, 1997]

Kenyan Indep*****ence

***** be***** a reality for Kenya on December 12, 1963. The African people believed, perhaps unrealistically, that independence from British rule would solve all ***** ***** *****. ***** British feared an Afric***** government bent ***** retribution for decades of past wrongs. Mzee Jomo knew that raising the standard *****