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What factors led to the development of multi-party democracy in Kenya in the early 1990

What factors led to the development of multi-party democracy in Kenya in the early 1990

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- Western aid conditions – a number of countries made it clear that they would grant aid only to developing countries that embraced democratic policies and pluralistic politics.
- Unification of Germany – it marked the end of the cold war and communism USSR lost her power in the world leaving USA to promote its political ideology of advocating liberal democracy throughout the world
- Political changes in the USSR e.g. some of her republics broke away from the union and started independent governments. These developments spell out change for Kenya
- Multi- party having been successful in other countries e.g. Zambia
- Pressure from the church for example Rev Njoya, Bishop Muge and Bishop Henry Okullo
- Dissatisfaction with the 1988 general election that were alleged to have been rigid due to the queuing system
- KANU’s response to criticism e.g. those who criticized the government for corruption and other ills were arrested and others expelled from KANU
- Pressure from lawyers and journalists
- George Saitoti review committee report of 1990. as a result of the recommendations section 2A of the constitution was reviewed reverting the country to a multi- party democracy
Partson254 answered the question on June 29, 2018 at 05:13

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