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      Elections and political legitimacy in Kenya

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          Abstract

          Though it began independence as a deeply divided society after the trauma of Mau Mau, Kenya maintained one of the open political systems in Africa despite its formal one-party status. National elections provided a device by means of which new blood could be incorporated into the regime. More recently growing economic difficulties and the insecurity of President Moi have greatly intensified authoritarian tendencies. Elections have increasingly been rigged in order to sustain Moi's narrow power base. As elsewhere in Africa the regime gave in to the demands for multi-party politics but the first such elections produced a highly fragmented political scene.

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          Bien qu'il ait commencé l'indépendence en tant que société profondément divisée après le trauma de Mau Mau, le Kenya a maintenu un des systèmes politiques ouverts en Afrique en dépit d'avoir officiellement un seul parti. Les élections nationales ont procuré un mécanisme par lequel du sang nouveau pourrait être incorporé au régime. Plus récemment des difficultés économiques grandissantes et l'insécurité du Président Moi ont fortement intensifié les tendances autoritaires. Les élections ont été de plus en plus truquées afin de supporter le groupe minoritaire d'où Moi tire son pouvoir. Comme partout ailleurs en Afrique le régime a cédé aux demandes en faveur d'une politique à partis multiples mais les premieres élections de ce genre ont produit une scène politique extrêmement fragmentée.

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                applab
                Africa
                Africa
                JSTOR
                0001-9720
                1750-0184
                July 1993
                December 7 2011
                July 1993
                : 63
                : 03
                : 371-396
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                10.2307/1161427
                4a9b82d4-9d28-46b9-9d27-f8bed89cece0
                © 1993
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