For the first time on 4 March 2013, Kenyans voted for county governors. Devolution has
significantly changed fiscal and administrative organization, but has it led to changes in …

On the Kenya coast, it was widely hoped that devolution would address strict political
functions–historical injustices and communal narratives of marginalization. However, newly …

In this article, we show how youth groups in Nairobi's poor settlements engage with politics
while carving out a political space for themselves and providing a livelihood. In doing so, we …

Rooted in perceptions of marginalization, ideas of the Coast's autonomy from Kenya have
long animated regional politics, at times expressed as ambitions for secession. However, the …

Kenya's 2007 General Election results announcement precipitated the worst ethnic conflict
in the country's history; 1,133 people were killed, while 600,000 were internally displaced …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the ethno-regional dynamics in education in
Kenya and related inequalities using the case of Central and Coastal regions and suggest …

Academic work focusing on Kenya acknowledges that the state does not have a monopoly
in the everyday policing of informal settlements. Nevertheless, there is limited scholarly …

This project tracks the intimate and social dimensions of disability in Mombasa to explore the
impasses people with disabilities face, and how they navigate and transform constraints for …

How do state language policies influence and reflect differing conceptions of the nation and
languages' relation to it over time? In investigating the politics of languages and national …

This dissertation presents an analysis of selected oral and written texts from the Kenyan
coast, with the view of interrogating how differently local oral sources, which have been …