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Marginalization and participation on the Kenya coast: the 2013 elections

Willis, Justin; Chome, Ngala

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Ngala Chome



Abstract

At the coast, the run-up to Kenya's 2013 elections was dominated by fears of violence and the calls for a boycott by the secessionist Mombasa Republican Council. However, the elections passed off largely peacefully, and coastal turnout was significantly higher than in any previous election. This article argues that the secessionist campaign was internally incoherent, and undermined by divisions within the ‘coasterian’ community it claimed to represent; and that a politics of patronage encouraged electoral participation, particularly because so many levels of political office were being contested at the same time. Despite this participation, however, the sense of marginalization remains very powerful among many people at the coast.

Citation

Willis, J., & Chome, N. (2014). Marginalization and participation on the Kenya coast: the 2013 elections. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 8(1), 115-134. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2013.844443

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 16, 2013
Online Publication Date Nov 9, 2013
Publication Date Jan 1, 2014
Deposit Date Feb 4, 2014
Publicly Available Date May 22, 2014
Journal Journal of Eastern African Studies
Print ISSN 1753-1055
Electronic ISSN 1753-1063
Publisher British Institute in Eastern Africa
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 8
Issue 1
Pages 115-134
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2013.844443
Keywords Kenya, Elections, Coast, Politics, Secession.

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