- Title
- Probing diplomacy on resource conflicts between Kenya and South Sudan
- Creator
- Dor, Michael Majok Ayom
- Subject
- Conflict management -- Kenya
- Subject
- Conflict management -- Sudan
- Subject
- Natural resources -- Kenya
- Subject
- Turkana (African people)
- Subject
- Toposa (African people)
- Subject
- Natural resources -- Sudan
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MPA
- Identifier
- vital:11649
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1001258
- Identifier
- Conflict management -- Kenya
- Identifier
- Conflict management -- Sudan
- Identifier
- Natural resources -- Kenya
- Identifier
- Turkana (African people)
- Identifier
- Toposa (African people)
- Identifier
- Natural resources -- Sudan
- Description
- The diversity of African Conflicts has become a field of inquiry and drawn the attention of many scholars who wish to theorize the origin of these conflicts. Such conflicts were perceived, in many ways, as originating from a colonial legacy. However, conflicts over natural resources have always played a role in human society, and have retarded socio-development in many countries. Guy Martin acknowledges that, over the last 40 years, Africa has been and continues to be one of the most conflict-ridden regions of the world; this has resulted in untold human suffering (Guy, 2002:185-188). This study focuses on resource conflicts and their outcomes on Public Administration as a discipline. The discussion offers a theoretical review of academic literature in combination with an analysis of the feature of resource conflicts and the relevant policies which govern conflict resolution and management. According to Terry et al (2007:32), “these two regions suffered from developmental and educational ignorance”. Most of the people living in this area are pastoralists; as such, the violence emanating from cattle rustling within Sudan and across its borders with Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia continues to erode their moral fabric. The remoteness of the area has caused it to be a landscape of conflicts and insecurity and might have been cause for the paralysis of public administration and, in turn, reflected in poor service delivery. During the course of the study, an orderly and systematic use of mixed methods was chosen, since quantitative and qualitative research methods were found to be complementary rather than oppositional approaches. Using both prominent and modest collection procedures, the methods employed in this study proved to be practical and useful. The study examines resource conflict between the Turkana of Kenya and the Toposa of South Sudan. It suggests practical strategies and mechanisms by which the problem will be ameliorated, here and elsewhere, in as far as providing effective and efficient service delivery to the community without fail.
- Format
- 151 leaves; 30 cm
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Management & Commerce
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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