The Rise of a Party-State in Kenya: From “Harambee!” to “Nyayo!”

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Although Kenya is continuously regarded as an African success story, its political climate become more and more repressive under its second president, Daniel arap Moi. Widner charts the transformation of the Kenya African National Union (KANU) from a weak, loosely organized political party under Jomo Kenyatta into an arm of the president’s workplace, with “watchdog” youth wings and strong surveillance and keep watch over functions, under Moi. She suggests that single-party systems have an inherent tendency to grow to be “party-states,” or single-party regimes by which the head of state uses the party as a means of keep watch over. The speed and extent of these changes depend at the countervailing power of independent interest groups, such as business associations, farmers, or professionals. Widner’s study offers essential insights into the dynamics of party systems in Africa.
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