Promoting a Bi-partisan Approach in Responding to the Contemporary Socio-economic Challenges in Kenya.
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Date
2017-12
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International Journal of Scientific Research and Management
Abstract
The contemporary political landscape in Kenya has been marred by political antagonism and unhealthy
competition among the political actors. The Kenyan citizens have bore the brunt of the negative outcomes
of this approach to political engagement in seeking solutions to their socioeconomic challenges like poor
roads, lack of access to health and educational facilities especially in marginalized areas, high crime rate,
inflation, unemployment among others. There is need for a paradigm shift to ensure positive socioeconomic outcomes are achieved. This paper therefore seeks to demonstrate how a bi-partisan approach in
responding to the contemporary socio-economic challenges can help achieve socioeconomic development
and milestones in Kenya. This study is grounded on political theory while the Search, Appraisal, Synthesis
and Analysis (SALSA) framework was used to review different articles from revered journals related to
bipartisan policy, non-confrontational political approaches and pragmatic political ideals. The reviewed
literatures revealed that achieving bipartisanship in a competitive political environment is a tedious
process but ultimately if achieved produces positive socio-economic outcomes like fast tracking of bills
and policies in parliament meant to ensure provision of services to the people, value addition to suggested
ideas and minimal obstruction in the implementation of projects and services to the people. The study
recommends a wide stakeholder engagement and intensive training of Non state actors like the Civil
Society groups, State actors like elected representatives at the, Constituency, County and National
assembly on the value of bipartisanship and how to engage positively on issues of common good. These
bipartisan ideals that will enhance their service delivery and ensure socio-economic development at the
constituency. County and National levels.
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Bipartisan, non- confrontational, political engagement, socio-economic, development