Kenya’s initial configuration was therefore that of an extractive state. The post-independence extractive stateThe reason for independence was to change the fundamental structure of this exploitative and extractive state. Essentially, independence was the clamour for the creation of the antithesis of the colonial era’s extractive institutions: inclusive institutions. State capture in extractive statesUsually, empowered elites in extractive states will, as discussed above, favour and sustain the status quo. The solution to a pilfering extractive state is therefore through institutional reform, otherwise some form of revolution is inevitable.

Source: Daily Nation March 13, 2020 04:41 UTC