Fragmentation in a bid to defragment : decentralisation as a solution to the challenge of inclusion in the Kenyan context
Date
2016-01
Authors
Mungai, Melissa
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Strathmore University Press
Abstract
Fragmentation is a practical tool suggested in this paper to bring about
societal inclusion. Indeed, this is not a novel idea. Kenya has joined the league
of practitioners of decentralisation, a system of governance that involves
fragmentation. One of the objectives is to achieve national unity. The evil observed
today is that decentralisation has brought about broadened separation. The aim
of this paper is to highlight how decentralisation as a practical mechanism ought
to unite. This is a possible solution to the challenge of inclusion. The end sought is
a better society where unity, peace and justice abound. The paper will tackle three
spheres of inclusion: social, political and economic which are dealt with separately
but in essence they are interlinked with each other. In each of these areas, the
paper will illustrate how fragmentation has achieved inclusion.
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Fragmentation, Decentralisation, Inclusion, Law, Kenya, Governance