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Kenya’s Opposition and the Crisis of Governance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

Githu Muigai
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The complex process of democratization in Kenya continues with the competitive but flawed national elections of December 1992 and their disputed aftermath. This article examines the crisis of governance and legitimacy in Kenya in the context of the rise of opposition parties and the reemergence of multiparty competitive politics before the December 1992 elections.

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FOCUS: Toward a New African Political Order: African Perspectives on Democratization Processes, Regional Conflict Management
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African Issues , Volume 21 , Issue 1-2 , 1993 , pp. 26 - 34
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Copyright © African Studies Association 1993

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1. Justice Enjoined: The State of the Judiciary in Kenya, Report of the Robert Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights, 1991. See also Githu Muigai, “The Judiciary in Kenya and the Search for a Philosophy of Law,” Journal of Human Rights Law and Practice, 1991.

2. The Weekly Review, Nairobi, December 6, 1991.

3. Ojwang, J. B., “Kenya and the Concept of Civil Service’s Political Neutrality: A Case of Silent but Determined Politicization,” Indian Journal of Public Administration, 1978, pp. 430-40.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

4. Daily Nation, Nairobi, October 22, 1992.

5. Muigai, Githu, “Amending the Constitution: Lessons from History,” Paper presented at International Court of Justice Seminar on Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly, Mombasa, Kenya, May, 1992 Google Scholar.

6. Attwood, William S., The Reds and the Blacks, New York, Harper, 1967 Google Scholar.