Ethnic Diversity in Eastern Africa: Opportunities and Challenges

Notes on Contributors

234 ETHNIC DIVERSITY IN EASTERN AFRICA Notes on Contributors Eric Aseka is a professor of political history in Department of History and Political Studies at Kenyatta University. / Fr. Joseph Healey is an American Maryknoll missionary priest who has lived in East Africa since 1968 and is presently based in Nairobi. / Huruma L. Sigalla teaches at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Dar es Salaam. / James Vuningoma is a Vice-Rector Academic, Kigali Institute of Education. / Joy Mboya is the Executive Director of The Performing & VisualArts Centre Ltd, The Godown Arts Centre. / Kabiri Ngeta is a political scientist currently undertaking research on environment in Arusha, Tanzania. / Karega Munene is a professor of anthropology and history at the School of Arts and Sciences, United States International University, Nairobi. / Ken Attafuah teaches Governance and Leadership in the Graduate School of Public Management at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). He is also the Executive Director of the Justice & Human Rights Institute in Ghana. / Kennedy Bikuri is a sociologist and researches on conflict, land and ethnicity. / Kimani Njogu is a Director, Twaweza Communications and CEO, Africa Health and Development International (AHADI). / Mary Kimonye is a researcher in marketing and strategy development. She is the CEO of Brand Kenya Board. / Michael Chege is an Advisor to the Government of Kenya on International Development Partnerships. / Mineke Schipper is a professor of Intercultural Literary Studies at the University of Leiden in The Netherlands and attached to the Leiden Institute of Area Studies (LIAS). / Nassanga Goretti Linda is a Senior Lecturer/Coordinator Masters Programme and is in charge of Research & Publications at the Mass Communication Department, Makerere University. / Nicholas Odoyo is a researcher with the Development Policy Management Forum (DPMF). / Paul Mbatia is a Senior Lecturer and Chairman of the Department of Sociology & Social Work, University of Nairobi. / Peter Nderitu works with civil society and undertakes research on civic education and ethnicity. Ethnic Diversity in Eastern Africa Opportunities and Challenges In most of Africa, there is evidence of politicized inter-ethnic rivalry and ethnic mobilization to acquire, maintain or monopolize power as competition for resources intensify. This Volume demonstrates how ethnic diversity can be managed at a number of levels in order to improve the lives ofŒ’’£Ž—œǯȱœȱ ‘Žȱ Œ˜—›’‹ž˜›œȱ œ‘˜ ǰȱ Ž‘—’Œ’¢ȱ Šœȱ Š—ȱ ’Ž—’¢ȱ ’œȱ ̞’ȱ Š—ȱ malleable. It can be deconstructed in order to reduce its saliency. Evidently,œ›˜—ȱŽ‘—’ŒȱŠĜ•’Š’˜—ȱ‘ŠœȱŠ•œ˜ȱ‹ŽŽ—ȱŸ’Ž ŽȱŠœȱŠȱ–Š“˜›ȱ‹Š››’Ž›ȱ˜ȱ‘ž–Š—ȱ and economic development although ethnically bound welfare organiza-’˜—œȱ˜ȱ’—ĚžŽ—ŒŽȱ‘ŽȱŽŒ˜—˜–’ŒȱŠ—ȱœ˜Œ’Š•ȱ•’Žȱ˜ȱŒ’’£Ž—œȱŽœ™ŽŒ’Š••¢ȱ’—ȱ‘Žȱ›ž›Š•ȱŠ›ŽŠœǯȱȱ —ȱ–˜œȱ˜ȱ›’ŒŠǰȱ’ȱ’œȱ‘›˜ž‘ȱŽ‘—’Œȱ’Ž—’ęŒŠ’˜—ȱ‘ŠȱŒ˜–™Ž-’’˜—ȱ˜›ȱ’—ĚžŽ—ŒŽȱ’—ȱ‘ŽȱœŠŽȱŠ—ȱ’—ȱ‘ŽȱŠ••˜ŒŠ’˜—ȱ˜ȱ›Žœ˜ž›ŒŽœȱ‹ŽŒ˜–Žœȱ apparent. Occasionally, governments have sought to address this challenge through ethnic and regional balancing in political appointments. But this does not always work. Drawing on experiences from Eastern Africa and beyond, the contributors discuss how ethnic diversity can be a resource for the region. The papers were originally presented at a Conference organized and hosted by Africa Health and Development International (AHADI) withœž™™˜›ȱ›˜–ȱ‘Žȱ˜Œ”ŽŽ••Ž›ȱ˜ž—Š’˜—ǰȱĜŒŽȱ˜ȱŠœŽ›—ȱ›’ŒŠǯ Editors Kimani Njogu studied at the University of Nairobi and Yale University. He’œȱ˜›–Ž›ȱœœ˜Œ’ŠŽȱ›˜Žœœ˜›ȱ˜ȱ›’ŒŠ—ȱ•Š—žŠŽœȱŠȱ Ž—¢ŠĴŠȱ—’ŸŽ›œ’¢ȱ and currently works with AHADI and Twaweza Communications. Kabiri Ngeta œž’ŽȱŠȱ Ž—¢ŠĴŠȱ—’ŸŽ›œ’¢ǰȱŠ•Žȱ—’ŸŽ›œ’¢ȱŠ—ȱ—’ŸŽ›sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, U.S.A. He is a political scientist and researcher currently based in Arusha, Tanzania. Mary Wanjauȱ œž’Žȱ Šȱ Ž—¢ŠĴŠȱ —’ŸŽ›œ’¢ȱ Š—ȱ ŽŽœȱ Ž›˜™˜•’Š—ȱ —’ŸŽ›œ’¢ǰȱǯ ǯȱ‘Žȱ’œȱŠȱ›˜›Š–ȱĜŒŽ›ȱ ’‘ȱ  ǯ ˜—›’‹ž˜›œȱ’—Œ•žŽȱ’Œ‘ŠŽ•ȱ‘ŽŽǰȱ Ž—ȱĴŠžŠ‘ǰȱ’—Ž”ŽȱŒ‘’™™Ž›ǰȱ›’Œȱ œŽ”Šǰȱ Š›ŽŠȱž—Ž—ŽǰȱŠœœŠ—Šȱ ˜›ŽĴ’ȱŠ—ȱ ˜œŽ™‘ȱ ŽŠ•Ž¢ǯ ...