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Governance and oil: The case of Turkana, Kenya
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workshop
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IDEAS
students,
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and
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students.
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provides
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platform
for
presentation
of
any
work
in
progress
where
we
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in
either
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or
Japanese.
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after
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Date&time:
June 12, 2015. (Friday) 12：30-14：00
Venue:
Theme:
Governance and oil: The case of Turkana, Kenya
Abstract
‘It’s
our
time
to
eat,
God
has
finally
heard
us’
this
was
how
the
Turkana
people,
a
marginalized
pastoralist
people
in
the
vast
arid
border
county
of
Turkana
responded
when
they
heard
the
news
in
2012
that
commercial
quantities
of
oil
had
been
discovered
in
the
county.
It
is
expected
and
hoped
that
abundant
resources
should
bring
tangible
benefits
and
prosperity
to
a
country,
and
to
the
local
people
of
the
area
within
which
resources
are
extracted.
However,
this
comes
with
governance
challenges
in
terms
of
law
and
policy
implementation
in
areas
such
as
the
economy,
security,
borders,
minorities,
the
environment
and
culture.
At
the
same
time,
under
a
new
2010
Constitution,
Kenya
has
moved
to
a
devolved
governance
system
requiring
extensive
reorganization.
Moreover,
law
and
policy
are
lagging
behind
and
the
Turkana
people
are
demonstrating
about
exclusion,
displacement
and
disruption
of
pastoral
livelihoods.
This
comes
on
the
background
of
high
levels
of
armed
conflict
between
pastoral
groups
on
the
international
and
inter-county
cross-border
areas
which
is
exacerbated
by
new
resource
finds.
There
are
many
layers
of
insecurity
therefore,
and
the
oil
is
the
latest
issue.
This
presentation
is
based
on
3
years
of
research
in
Turkana
since
the
oil
find
and
explores
the
vital
role
of
governance
in
prevention
of
further
conflict,
prevention
of
human
rights
and
avoidance
of
the
resource
curse.
Speaker：
Dr. Kennedy Mkutu Agade (Visiting Professor, Kyoto University (ASAFAS) / United States International University, Nairobi, Kenya)
Chair:
Shinichi TAKEUCHI
Languages:
English
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