Public pressure, temptation of power and unconstitutional actions in the war against terrorism in Kenya: suggesting a link

dc.contributor.author	Yongo, Cecil
dc.date.accessioned	2016-07-25T09:47:09Z
dc.date.available	2016-07-25T09:47:09Z
dc.date.issued	2016-01
dc.description	Article	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The reaction of the government in Kenya, like many other governments around the world, to terrorist attacks has generally been to strengthen existing laws and enact novel laws, especially those that aid the state’s intelligence-gathering capabilities, along with those that are punitive. In some cases, even in Kenya, States have taken, or have attempted to take, extra-Constitutional and unconstitutional actions. This is the approach that this paper characterises as arising from ‘temptation of power’, and in that regard, this interdisciplinary paper is—through an analysis of scholarship in law, sociology and information/ communication—an attempt to investigate the origin, results and wisdom of such an approach in the war against terror, its effect on the rule of law and minority rights in society; and propose why and how it can be avoided.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11071/4668
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Strathmore University Press	en_US
dc.subject	Terrorism	en_US
dc.subject	Kenya	en_US
dc.subject	Public pressure	en_US
dc.subject	Law	en_US
dc.subject	Constitution	en_US
dc.subject	Security	en_US
dc.title	Public pressure, temptation of power and unconstitutional actions in the war against terrorism in Kenya: suggesting a link	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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