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ParticiPatory develoPment in Kenya voices in development management Series editor: margaret Grieco napier University, Scotland the voices in development management series provides a forum in which grass roots organisations and development practitioners can voice their views and present their perspectives along with the conventional development experts. many of the volumes in the series will contain explicit debates between various voices in development and permit the suite of neglected development issues such as gender and transport or the microcredit needs of low income communities to receive appropriate public and professional attention. also in the series Dot Com Mantra Social Computing in the Central Himalayas Payal arora iSBn 978 1 4094 0107 0 The Dominance of Management A Participatory Critique leonard Holmes iSBn 978 0 7546 1184 4 Losing Paradise The Water Crisis in the Mediterranean edited by Gail Holst-Warhaft and tammo Steenhuis iSBn 978 0 7546 7573 0 Tourism, Development and Terrorism in Bali michael Hitchcock and i nyoman darma Putra iSBn 978 0 7546 4866 6 Women Miners in Developing Countries Pit Women and Others edited by Kuntala lahiri-dutt and martha macintyre iSBn 978 0 7546 4650 1 Participatory development in Kenya JoSePHine SyoKaU mWanzia Ministry of State for Public Service, Kenya roBert craiG StratHdee Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand © Josephine Syokau mwanzia and robert craig Strathdee 2010 all rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Josephine Syokau mwanzia and robert craig Strathdee have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the authors of this work. Published by ashgate Publishing limited ashgate Publishing company Wey court east Suite 420 Union road 101 cherry Street Farnham Burlington Surrey, GU9 7Pt vt 05401-4405 england USa www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data mwanzia, Josephine Syokau. Participatory development in Kenya. -- (voices in development management) 1. community development--Kenya. 2. Fundamental education--Kenya. 3. educational planning--Kenya-- citizen participation--case studies. i. title ii. Series iii. Strathdee, robert. 361.2'5'096762-dc22 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data mwanzia, Josephine Syokau. Participatory development in Kenya / Josephine Syokau mwanzia and robert craig Strathdee. p. cm. -- (voices in development management) includes bibliographical references and index. iSBn 978-0-7546-7877-9 (hardback) -- iSBn 978-0-7546-9732-9 (ebook) 1. community development--Kenya--citizen participation. i. Strathdee, robert. ii. title. Hn793.z9c6492 2010 307.1'4096762--dc22 2010017416 iSBn 978 0 7546 7877 9 (hbk) iSBn 978 0 7546 9732 9 (ebk) II contents List of Figures and Table vii Foreword by John W. Forje ix Acknowledgements xv List of Abbreviations xvii 1 introduction 1 2 theories and models of Participatory development and empowerment 13 3 the new centralism 39 4 development cooperation, Partnerships and accountability 71 5 the methods, Process and outcomes of Participation in BeiP 97 6 empowerment, Sustainability and Social transformation 125 7 conclusion: implications to Participatory development Policy, theory and Practice 157 Bibliography 171 Index 179 This page has been left blank intentionally list of Figures and table Figures 3.1 the BeiP Structural and right Perspective of development 41 3.2 organization chart of the BeiP 50 3.3 management Structure of the Project implementation Unit 56 Table 2.1 Power over life enhancing structures 34 This page has been left blank intentionally Foreword Turning Weakness, Oppression and Despair into Opportunity and Strength in recent years there has been great revival of interest in participatory development, gender equality, human capital development and good governance, not only as urgent but politically hot topics. It is not difficult to see why. Apparently, Africa is falling behind the rest of the world in spite of its vast human and natural resources potential,s. the underlying yet crucial and endemic problem the continent faces is the inability to turn weaknesses into opportunities; and threats into strengths for the common good of the people. Unfortunately, we turn to the “blame theory” to hide our weaknesses and failures in constructing a developmental state, which at least, guarantees a satisfactory quality of life for a reasonably sizeable proportion of its citizens. the neglect of the female gender due to archaic customs and male chauvinism is holding back the sustainable socioeconomic transformation of the continent. Women who, in many countries constitute more than 52 per cent of the population, are marginalized and not included in the mainstream development and decision-making processes. “Women hold up half the sky” and they endeavour to prove the accuracy of this statement. think about the major issues confronting the african continent this century. These include war, ethnic diversity and conflicts, insecurity and terrorism; population pressures, environmental strains and climate change, poor human capital development; inappropriate utilization of natural resources, poverty and income gaps. For all these diverse problems, empowering women is part of the answer. most obviously, educating girls and bringing them into the formal economy will yield economic dividends and help address national and global poverty. thus the education of girls and the provision of microfinance for rural and urban women can pay huge dividends in terms of ending oppression and creating opportunities for development. Educating girls is one of the most effective ways of fighting poverty, marginalization and underdevelopment. the authors argue that one way to soothe some conflict-ridden or underdeveloped societies like Kenya is to bring women and girls into schools, the workplace, government, markets, and business partly to boost the economy and partly to ease the testosterone-laden values of african societies. Building the human capital base and ensuring a healthy society is key to improving production and giving added value to the natural resources base of the country.
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