This paper analyzes the role of ethnicity in shaping the character of Kenya's political parties and its party system … failed to bridge the country's dominant ethnic cleavages. Consequently, all of Kenya's significant parties represent ethnic … identification ; Kenya …

article focuses on Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda as three East African countries that have opted for different ways of dealing … reasons for the absence of a ban in Kenya. The analysis shows that the laws on particularistic parties have actually been … not ensured the emergence of aggregative parties with a national following in Tanzania and Uganda. In Kenya on the other …