Political, Social and Economic Developments and Challenges in Kenya from 1960 to 2010

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject History - Africa, grade: 0.6, University of Nairobi, course: Historiography, language: English, abstract: This paper traces the historical events in Kenya since her independence till the promulgation of a new constitution in 2010. She has had various challenges and developments which the paper highlights. Kenya has had tremendous progress since the country achieved political independence in 1963. This has been in the political, social and economic fields. At independence Kenya lacked the necessary capital to undertake the major development projects. The government was faced with the difficult task of devising ways and means of bringing about rapid social and economic development so as solve the three major problems: poverty, disease and ignorance facing the nation. Over the past 50 years, Kenya has experienced to date. This paper seeks to identify and highlight the progress made as well as the challenges experienced. The developments and challenges are divided into time frames of 10 years beginning from 1960 to 2010. The major argument to be presented is that: whereas Kenya has made strides in the economic, political and social fields. Major challenges continue to exist that are hindering perfect attainment of progress in the aforementioned fields.