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Title: | Kenyatta and the Organization of K.A.N.U. (Kenya African National Union) |
Author: | Good, Kenneth |
Year: | 1968 |
Periodical: | Canadian Journal of African Studies |
Volume: | 2 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 115-136 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Kenya |
Subjects: | political parties Politics and Government |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/484112 |
Abstract: | Competition between the upholders of gradualism and evolution in politics, and the supporters of radicalism and militancy has characterised the politics of Kenya. Since the early sixties the gradualists or conservatives led by Jomo Kenyatta held the superior position and they sought with increasing vigour the isolation and exclusion of the radicals led by Oginga Odinga. At the same time the incumbent elite more or less purposefully weakened the organization of the ruling political party K.A.N.U. in which both the majority of the incumbent elite and the radicals had together gained independence in the name of, and with the support of the mass of Kenyans. If any single leader held the responsibility for K.A.N.U.'s development it was Kenyatta. Though Kenyatta's credentials for national leadership appeared outstanding, his concern for the role of the party may have been inadequate or at least undiscriminating. The many aspects of the subject are presented in this detailed and elaborate political study, Reference notes. |