• US-China global super-power rivalry evident in Kenyans’ perceptions of development needs and concerns.
Introduction
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Week 5 Assignment 3
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Political Situation in Kenya
Emre Basak
ENG 215
Professor:Amy L. Williams
Strayer university-Arlington campus
11/27/13
Kenya is in danger of continuance the violence that marred in 2007 presidential election, throughout that 133 died and nearly 60 million was displaced from their homes. Political order in African country nearly folded. Ending the crisis needed two months of negotiations mediate by former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan and supported by the US and its partners. The negotiations resulted during a power-sharing agreement between the two adversaries within the election, President Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga called the National Accord, the deal elevated Odinga to the post of prime minister and provided for the writing of a replacement constitution to deal with the causes of the conflict.
Kenya's next elections, to be persevered March four and April eleven, 2013, are arguably the foremost necessary and sophisticated since the country's come to multiparty politics 20 years past. If the elections are mostly peaceful and viewed as "free and truthful," they are going to bring Kenya's new formation, adopted in 2010, totally into force and advance the country's progress toward changing into a contemporary democratic state. Conversely, if the elections are marred by widespread violence and perceived as illegitimate by the Kenyan public, they're possible to plunge the country into a revived amount of political instability and set back Kenya's democratic advance. A breakdown within the electoral method also will do serious hurt to Kenya's economy that has been acting well in recent years.
Since African country is that the "anchor state" of geographic area, a chronic political and economic condition also will hurt neighboring countries. Specially, two major U.S. policy goals within the region—preventing African country from changing into a secure haven for terrorists and nurturing peace between Sudan and South Sudan—could be compromised. The us, therefore, ought to work with efficiency with all parties involved to make sure that the forthcoming elections are peaceful, free, and fair.
Six factors create the prospects for electoral violence notably high within the run-up to and within the immediate aftermath of the 2013 elections:
As in previous elections have shown the leading of presidential candidates area unit mobilizing voters on ethnic lines. This is often leading to a polarized citizens and outbreaks of violence between the members of rival ethnic teams. Kenyan politics have traditionally been contests during which the leaders of the country's largest ethnic teams type ethnic coalitions among themselves and with the leaders of smaller teams to dominate their rivals. Ethnic fault lines run deep as a result of the country is split into five massive teams that represent sixty eight p.c of the population—the Kikuyu and connected teams (21 percent), the Luhya (14 p.
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Dissection 1
As technology continues to develop and advance, we are exposed to greater impacts on everyday life. This holds true especially for advances in media technology. The media is a universal aspect of life on a day to day basis. A time when it really becomes prevalent is in regards to government and political information. The Internet has become an important tool for people around the world to not only gain political knowledge, but to engage themselves in the political process itself. Some scholars suggest that this may "revitalize democratic society, enabling citizens to command the political and economic resources needed to become effectively self-governing" (Winner, 2003,p. 167). I use this reference to express just how times have changed because of this social networking medium. The idea that the Internet may create a shift in how certain people view democracy is not a new one. The revolutions of the newspaper, radio, and television each raised the same questions. Certain media sites share news from a conservative perspective while others are more liberal, and this is an ongoing debate in society, is there such a thing being able to learn about a situation, without having your views challenged, or have reassurance that you are right in how you see our current situation. My point being, it is difficult to find different issues than those in previous posts have discussed, because other than a few controversies different media outlets, report on what they feel is important, making it hard to establish what really is a problem or important.
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Assignment Option 2: Fragile State Analysis
For your portfolio project, you will evaluate a fragile (formerly called failed) state and develop a plan to help it recover and get back on the right track. This will involve a survey of the country’s history, the source of its problems, information about its people, economy, and culture, and its potential to succeed if given a chance.
The
Global Policy Forum
website provides information on fragile/failed states in general, as well as specific states.
ForeignPolicy.com
provides the 2014 list of most fragile/failed states. You may choose your country for this study from the countries in dark red on the map at the bottom of the opening page.
General information
:
Population of the country (see 1 below for more information)
Important ethnic or racial groups and divisions
Per capita gross domestic product (see 2 below for more information)
UN Human Development Index rankings (see 2 below for more information)
Freedom House scores for political rights and civil liberties (see 3 below for more information)
The economic position of your country compared to other countries (wealthy, poor, middle income).
History
:
Provide an overview of the country’s history, focusing on when and why it began to have problems leading to its fragile/failed status.
Classification and structure of government
:
Although fragile/failed states lack an effective government, this does not mean that no one is trying to run the country or at least parts of the country. Who is trying to govern your chosen country? How are they attempting to do this?
Are there attempts to hold elections? If so, how are these elections conducted, and what is voter turnout (See 4 below for more information)? When was the most recent election held, and what were the results?
Competition, stability and civil society
:
Do political parties exist? If so, what are they, and what role do they play in the country’s problems and/or efforts to provide structure?
Are there any recent political changes?
Major social movements?
Are their divisions or conflicts based on race/religion/culture, etc? Has genocide taken place?
Who provides basic services such as utilities, education, medical care, etc?
What is daily life like for the people?
Economic environment
:
Major industries
Natural resources
Other sources of revenue
Reliance on foreign aid.
Other questions
:
What are the most important political, economic, environmental and human rights issues facing your country?
Is your country in conflict with its neighbors or other countries?
What are its relations with major global powers ‑- the U.S., Europe, China, etc?
Conclude the paper with your assessment of the country’s future. What could be done to help the country become stable and develop an effective government? Include what the people can do to help themselves, as well as the role that other countries and humanitarian aid groups could play.
Required Resources
:
Data can be accessed through the
World Bank
web ...
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Nairobi, Kenya
4th May 2015
Ipsos’ 1st
Quarter SPEC (Social, Political,
Economic and Cultural) Survey:
Fourth Media Release
Foreign Relations: Perceived Impact on Kenya’s Development
US-China global super-power rivalry evident in Kenyans’ perceptions of development
needs and concerns.
Introduction
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well as which foreign countries outside the immediate East Africa region whose perceived
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recent national survey.
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next most positively-viewed country, China: 35% vs. 23%.
“Which foreign country outside of East Africa do you think is most
important for Kenya to have good relations with in order to achieve our
development goals?”
(By Total, Supporters of the Main Political Parties/Coalitions)
Country
Total
(n=1,964)
CORD Supporters
(n=623)
Jubilee Supporters
(n=867) % Difference
USA 35% 47% 29% -18%
China 23% 13% 33% +20%
UK 7% 11% 4% -7%
Japan 6% 6% 6% 0%
South Africa 4% 4% 5% +1%
Germany 3% 3% 3% 0%
Nigeria 1% 1% 1% 0%
Russia 1% 1% 0% -1%
Sweden 0% 1% 0% -1%
France 0% 0% 1% +1%
Ghana 0% 0% 1% +1%
DK 11% 5% 12% +7%
None 3% 3% 2% -1%
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Yet when the results are filtered through those Kenyans who identify with either of the two
main political alliances (including any of the affiliated parties), a clear split emerges, with the
ruling-coalition Jubilee supporters somewhat more positive about the Chinese than the
Americans: 33% vs. 29%. These figures stand in stark contrast to CORD, where the
Americans win hands-down: 47% vs. 13%.
By contrast, the UK, the country with which Kenya has perhaps the closest ties (in both
economic and military terms, at least up to the present), scores far below either of the two
super-powers: at just 7%, though again, a clear contrast in partisan terms emerges, with
nearly three times more CORD supporters vouching for the British than do Jubilee-backers:
11% vs. 4%.
Reversing the question, respondents were also asked which foreign country (again, outside
the immediate East African region), they feel constitutes the biggest threat to the country’s
political and economic development.
Here, China and the U.S. receive almost equal (negative) ratings, with the former holding a
slight (dis-) advantage: 28% vs. 21%.
Moreover, once again a clear contrast emerges in terms of coalition alignment. For CORD
loyalists, China is clearly the biggest worry (35%), while the Americans are most unsettling
to those of Jubilee (28%), even if a substantial proportion of each also worry about the
“Outside of East Africa, which country, if any, constitutes the biggest
threat to Kenya’s economic and political development?”
(By Total, Supporters of the Main Political Parties/Coalitions)
Country
Total
(n=1,964)
CORD Supporters
(n=623)
Jubilee Supporters
(n=867)
%
Difference
China 28% 35% 22% -13%
USA 21% 16% 28% +8%
UK 5% 4% 5% +1%
Germany 3% 3% 3% 0%
Japan 3% 4% 3% -1%
Russia 1% 1% 1% 0%
Sweden 1% 0% 1% +1%
Nigeria 1% 1% 1% 0%
South Africa 1% 1% 1% 0%
Israel 0% 1% 0% -1%
Saudi Arabia 0% 1% 0% -1%
Netherlands 0% 0% 1% +1%
Other 2% 2% 2% 0%
Invalid 6% 7% 5% -2%
DK 20% 15% 18% +3%
None 7% 9% 7% -2%
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‘other’ great power: 22% of Jubilee supporters regarding the Chinese, and 16% of CORD
supporters about the Americans.
Comment
Because the survey did not go beyond these responses to ask why respondents hold the
views they do on this subject, any explanation must be left to speculation.
On the one hand, the U.S. is the home to a substantial Kenya diaspora population,
estimated at over 100,000. Moreover, according to Ambassador Njeru Githae, Kenyans
living and working are responsible for 85% of the total Shs 120 billion the Kenyan economy
receives in remittances from the Kenyan diaspora worldwide.
An additional factor in these ratings, however, maybe the perceived position of the
‘international community’ over Kenya’s cases (now remaining just one) at the International
Criminal Court. On this issue, where only 22% of CORD supporters want the single
remaining (Ruto-Sang) case to be dropped, an overwhelming 68% of Jubilee’s backers do
so, their positions being reversed in terms of wanting the case to continue: 55% vs. 17%.
Such contrasts may explain why both the U.K., whose High Commissioner expressed
support for The Hague process before the election, and the Netherlands (where the Court is
located, and whose government has been intensely involved in attempting to protect
Prosecution witnesses) received more negative ratings from the Jubilee side, however small
these are.
Finally, regarding both ‘friend’ and ‘foe’ ratings, China may have won points mainly for its
highly visible involvement in major infrastructure projects (e.g., highways, railway), though
the fact the its most senior diplomats in Kenya have also expressed opposition to the ICC
may also have contributed to the distribution of these perceptions as revealed in the survey.
Based on these findings, the question arises as to whether future cooperation between the
U.S. and Kenya regarding the al-Shabaab threat will significantly alter the public’s
perceptions must remain for future surveys to reveal. In this regard, it should also be
recalled that many Kenyans have argued since the 1998 Embassy bombing (if not from the
Norfolk Hotel bombing in 1980), that it is Kenya’s ‘proxy’-association with the West’s global
‘war on terror’ that has attracted the wounds from which the country has continued to bleed.
Survey Methodology
The target population for this survey was Kenyans aged 18 years and above, of whom 1,964
living in urban and rural areas were interviewed. The margin-of-error attributed to sampling
and other random effects of this poll’s sample size is +/- 2.2 with a 95% confidence level.
The fieldwork for this survey was conducted between 28th
March and 7th
April 2015. Data
was collected through face-to-face interviews using hand held devices (smart phones). Ipsos
Limited (Kenya) funded the survey.
For further details on this press release please contact:
Dr. Tom Wolf Victor Rateng
Research Analyst Opinion Polls Project Manager
tpwolf1944@gmail.com victor.rateng@ipsos.com
Tel: 386 2721-33 Tel: 386 2721-33
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