Multi-party Politics in Kenya

The great strength of this book lies with its empirical richness and depth... Readers who are unfamiliar with the historical background of recent Kenyan politics will be aided enormously by the excellent summary provided .... most sophisticated and exhaustive study of an African election since the beginnings of the continent's democratization process in the early 1990s.

• The independence struggle and the Kenyatta state 1957-1978; the creation of the Moi state 1978-1990; the regime in crisis - January 1990 to December 1991; the rise and fall of the opposition - December 1991 to October 1992; KANU fights back - December 1991 to October 1992; the electoral process; the beginning of the campaign and the party primaries - October to November 1992; the election campaign; election day and the results; why KANU won; KANU rules the nation, January 1993 to December 1995.