Decentralisation in Kenya: the governance of governors

Decentralisation in Kenya: the governance of governors* NIC CHEESEMAN Department of Politics and International Relations and African Studies

Kenya’s March  elections ushered in a popular system of devolved government that represented the country’s biggest political transformation since independence. Yet within months there were public calls for a referendum to * The authors would like to thank Job Bwonye, Alex Dyzenhaus, Amanda Magisu and Betty Okero for writing the county-level reports that this analysis draws upon. We would al...

1 Decentralization in Kenya : The Governance of Governors

Kenya’s March 2013 elections ushered in a popular system of devolved government that represented the country’s biggest political transformation since independence. Yet within months there were public calls for a referendum to significantly revise the new arrangements. This article analyses the campaign that was led by the new elected governors in order to understand the ongoing disputes over th...

Decentralisation and Local Governance

Decentralisation and Good Governance 1 . Decentralisation and Conflict Management in Multicultural

1.1. Types of decentralisation In this paper, we shall be concerned mainly with forms of decentralisation other than federalism. Decentralisation is a very general term, conventionally used to describe the extent to which the political, administrative or fiscal powers of a central government have been shared or distributed, amongst territorially defined sub-national agencies or authorities. Thi...

the effect of the record infancy in crimilly acts of guilties (in karaj city)

چکیده یکی از مهمترین دغدغه های بزرگ جوامع بشری، از دیر باز تا کنون که ذهن پژوهشگران و متخصصان بهداشت روانی و اجتماعی و دولتها رابه خود مشغول داشته، مسأله ی بزهکاری می باشد. شناخت کامل پدیده ی بزهکاری و بزهکار، علل وعوامل سقوط یک انسان، چگونگی درمان وی و درنهایت پیشگیری ازبزهکاری ودریک کلام سالم سازی یک جامعه، رسالت عظیم، انسانی ومقدسی می باشد که با بررسی شخصیت مجرم یعنی[ انسانی که تحت شرای...