Hustler Populism, Anti-Jubilee Backlash And Economic Injustice In Kenya’s 2022 Elections

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Abstract Deputy President William Ruto’s victorious presidential campaign in Kenya’s 2022 elections saw him champion the plight of ‘hustlers’, young informal economy workers on low, piecemeal incomes. Reconfiguring political identities around notions economic hardship and struggle, appeared emblematic what scholars have recently identified as a turn towards ‘populism’ Africa, transmuting ethno-nationalist into class-based ones. However, whilst capitalized rising prices to devastating effect, he also channelled discontent with Jubilee government its unmet promises shared prosperity. Drawing ethnographic data collected central Kiambu region since 2017, this article understands victory not through lens ‘hustler populism’ but rather an anti-Jubilee ‘backlash’. took advantage Uhuru Kenyatta’s personal unpopularity voters increasingly questioned nature ‘dynastic’ authority ‘state capture’, seeking punish personally for his failures create prosperity enriching himself at their expense. Elaborating these tensions, points broken ‘moral economies’ between politicians vital field research.

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عنوان ژورنال: African Affairs

سال: 2023

ISSN: ['1468-2621', '0001-9909']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adad011