Browsing Staff Book Chapters by Title
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African and Decolonization of state-religion policies
(Koninklijke Brill NV, 2021)This book argues that a view has taken root in Africa, which equates state-secularism to the aggressive removal of religion from the public sphere or even state ambivalence towards religious affairs. This view arises from ... -
Chapter 1- Introduction
(Kabarak University, 2023)Mahmood Mamdani’s Citizen and subject is a good starting point for conceptualising power and marginalisation in Africa generally and even Kenya specifically. This framework appreciates that the colonial project was both ... -
Decentralisation of power in Kenya in Introduction historical perspective
(Kabarak University, 2023)Kenya is run by a devolved system of government. This system was reached through historical processes by which the State itself evolved to become what it is today. An understanding of the origin, structure and effectiveness ... -
Devolution and the promise of democracy and inclusion: An evaluation of the first decade of county Introduction governments, 2013-2022
(Kabarak University, 2023)Two variables preoccupy this entire study – decentralisation and inclusion. We hypothesise that there is a positive relationship between decentralisation and the inclusion of various groups; that the more we decentralise ... -
Illegitimate contradictions: The construction of centralisation, exclusion and marginalisation in the Kenyan State
(Kabarak University, 2023)Power is fickle, they say. Its wielders, therefore, wield it fleetingly. It is both potent and fragile. How can something so abstract and intangible be responsible for so much tangibility, such real world effects? ... -
Marginalisation in Kenya in historical perspective (1963-2021): The starts, false starts and the last promise
(Kabarak University, 2023)The African Peer Review Mechanism Country Review Mission (CRM) observed as follows in relation to marginalisation in Kenya: There exists in Kenya an asymmetric exclusion of different social groups, i.e., various groups ... -
The Role of Institutions in the Resolution of Election Disputes in Kenya
(Law Society of Kenya., 2013-10)Mechanisms for electoral disputes resolution are an integral part of the tests for free and fair elections in democratic set-ups. And yet, the efficacy of the mechanisms for dispute resolution is as much dependant on the ... -
Towards an African professional history of international law: The life and work of Kéba Mbaye
(Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2022)Kéba Mbaye (1924-2007)2 was a Senegalese jurist who served with distinction in the Senegalese judiciary, the United Nations human rights system, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in ad hoc international tribunals, ...
