Multi-party Politics in Kenya: The Kenyatta & Moi States & the Triumph of the System in the 1992 Election
- ISBN-10
- 0852558090
- ISBN-13
- 9780852558096
- Category
- Elections
- Pages
- 660
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- James Currey Publishers
- Authors
- David Throup, Charles Hornsby
Description
The two authors of this work analyze the case of post-colonial Kenya under Kenyatta and Moi and show how, in spite of a multi-party system, the ruling elite has kept power and wealth to itself.
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