The Peculiar Kenyan

Author : Sunny Bindra
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9966001131
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Peculiar Kenyan written by Sunny Bindra and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2010 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sunny Bindra, Kenya's renowed author and business advisor, has been regaling Kenyans since 2003 in his famous Sunday Nation Column, A Sunny Day. His bold and contrarian writing has created much discussion and debate across the country. and beyond. Storymoja presents a collection of selected article, all written with a light touch and with a twist of his trademark edgy humour. These pieces skewer all that is peculiar about Kenyans.

Author : Charles Hornsby
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0755627741
Total Pages : 1102 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kenya written by Charles Hornsby and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 1102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since independence from Great Britain in 1963, Kenya has survived five decades as a functioning nation-state, holding regular elections; its borders and political system intact and avoiding open war with its neighbours and military rule internally. It has been a favoured site for Western aid, trade, investment and tourism and has remained a close security partner for Western governments. However, Kenya's successive governments have failed to achieve adequate living conditions for most of its citizens; violence, corruption and tribalism have been ever-present, and its politics have failed to transcend its history. The decisions of the early years of independence and the acts of its leaders in the decades since have changed the country's path in unpredictable ways, but key themes of conflicts remain: over land, money, power, economic policy, national autonomy and the distribution of resources between classes and communities.While the country's political institutions have remained stable, the nation has changed, its population increasing nearly five-fold in five decades. But the economic and political elite's struggle for state resources and the exploitation of ethnicity for political purposes still threaten the country's existence. Today, Kenyans are arguing over many of the issues that divided them 50 years ago. The new constitution promulgated in 2010 provides an opportunity for national renewal, but it must confront a heavy legacy of history. This book reveals that history.

Author : Ronald C. Slye
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108422039
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kenyan TJRC written by Ronald C. Slye and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes a behind the scenes look at the debates and decisions of the Kenyan Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission.

Author : Victoria Miyandazi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1509941207
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Equality in Kenya’s 2010 Constitution written by Victoria Miyandazi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes a significant contribution to the ongoing global conversations on the various understandings of equality. It illuminates the many ways in which diverse equality guarantees clash, or are interrelated. It also sets out principled approaches on how they can be coherently interpreted to address the myriad inequalities in Kenya. Taking a comparative approach, the book considers how other jurisdictions including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, India and Botswana have approached the conceptualisation, interpretation and application of various equality concepts. The book focuses on important issues such as: - transformative constitutionalism in relation to the interpretation of Kenya's 2010 Constitution; - expanding the list of enumerated grounds for non-discrimination; - affirmative action; - accommodating religious and cultural diversity versus gender equality; - the interrelation between socio-economic rights and status-based equality.

Author : Katherine Luongo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139503456
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Witchcraft and Colonial Rule in Kenya, 1900–1955 written by Katherine Luongo and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-26 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on colonial Kenya, this book shows how conflicts between state authorities and Africans over witchcraft-related crimes provided an important space in which the meanings of justice, law and order in the empire were debated. Katherine Luongo discusses the emergence of imperial networks of knowledge about witchcraft. She then demonstrates how colonial concerns about witchcraft produced an elaborate body of jurisprudence about capital crimes. The book analyzes the legal wrangling that produced the Witchcraft Ordinances in the 1910s, the birth of an anthro-administrative complex surrounding witchcraft in the 1920s, the hotly contested Wakamba Witch Trials of the 1930s, the explosive growth of legal opinion on witch-murder in the 1940s, and the unprecedented state-sponsored cleansings of witches and Mau Mau adherents during the 1950s. A work of anthropological history, this book develops an ethnography of Kamba witchcraft or uoi.

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Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) written by and published by . This book was released on 2001-11-21 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official records of the proceedings of the Legislative Council of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, the House of Representatives of the Government of Kenya and the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya.

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Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) written by and published by . This book was released on 2001-11-21 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official records of the proceedings of the Legislative Council of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, the House of Representatives of the Government of Kenya and the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya.

Author : Neal W. Sobania
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313039364
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture and Customs of Kenya written by Neal W. Sobania and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-06-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kenya, a land of safaris, wild animals, and Maasai warriors, perfectly represents Africa for many Westerners. This peerless single-source book presents the contemporary reality of life in Kenya, an important East-African nation that has served as a crossroads for peoples and cultures from Africa, the Middle East, and East Asia for centuries. As such, it is a land rich in cultural and ethnic diversity, where unique and dynamic traditions blend with modern influences. Students and general readers will be engrossed in narrative overviews highlighting Kenyan history, as well as the beliefs, vibrant cultural expressions, and various lifestyles and roles of the Kenyan population. A chronology, glossary, and numerous photos enhance the narrative. Kenya today struggles with nation building. Its society comprises the haves and the have-nots and faces the challenges of the trend toward urbanization, with its attendant disruption of traditional social structures. For Kenyans, the preserving of traditional cultures is as important as making the statement that Kenya is a modern nation. Chapters on the land, people, and history; religion and worldview; literature, film, and media; art and architecture; cuisine and traditional dress; gender roles, marriage, and family; and social customs and lifestyle are up to date and written by a country expert. A chronology, glossary, and numerous photos enhance the narrative.

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Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) written by and published by . This book was released on 2002-10-16 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official records of the proceedings of the Legislative Council of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, the House of Representatives of the Government of Kenya and the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya.

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Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) written by and published by . This book was released on 2002-10-16 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official records of the proceedings of the Legislative Council of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, the House of Representatives of the Government of Kenya and the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya.