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Transparency Without Accountability, Mwangi Wa Githinji, Frank Holmquist
Transparency Without Accountability, Mwangi Wa Githinji, Frank Holmquist
Economics Department Working Paper Series
Kenya has been going through a period of political reform from 1991 when section 2A of the constitution that had made Kenya a de jure one party state was repealed. The reform followed a prolonged struggle by citizens both within and without the country. Their call for democracy was one that, post the fall of the Berlin wall, was embraced by western countries. Via diplomatic pressure and conditionality on aid, western donors played an important role in the repeal of section 2a, the return of multi-party elections and in the creation and reform of a number of political institutions and …