Conflict Assessment: Northern Kenya and Somaliland

Menkhaus, Ken

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2589109

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“…Such constraints are hard to capture by the methods we used to assess resource use on these grasslands, so our estimates of the availability of these grasslands for livestock production are probably overestimates. Additionally, the availability of grazing land in this system is likely to be further reduced by the increasing frequency and severity of droughts (Williams et al 2012), natural resource conflicts (Menkhaus 2015) land degradation (Mundia and Aniya 2006), large scale mining and infrastructure development. Due to these and other constraining factors, the opportunities and prospects for improving production at the crop-livestock interface in these dryland systems are currently very limited (Robinson et al 2015).…”

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The water and land footprints of meat and milk production and consumption in Kenya: implications for sustainability and food security

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The water and land footprints of meat and milk production and consumption in Kenya: implications for sustainability and food security

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“…According to Campbell (2006), Somali refugees were first accused of causing insecurity and later terrorism and competing with locals for the scarce economic opportunities. The tension between these two groups led to violent conflicts (Menkhaus, 2015).…”

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“…This is for fear that clan conflicts in Somalia could easily spill over to Kenya (Scharrer, 2018). Indeed clan conflicts in Somalia or Kenya have in several instances spread into Dadaab refugee camps and vice versa (Menkhaus, 2015). Integrating Somali refugees by implication (though theoretically) means risking conflict spillover from Somalia.…”

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Somali Refugee Solutions in Kenya: Challenges of Repatriation and Prospects of Local Integration.

Kirui

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Kutto³

2020

ASSRJ

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This paper assesses the challenges of voluntary repatriation of Somali refugees in Kenya and the prospects of local integration, if considered. It aims to demonstrate that no one refugee solution is adequate and that all available options ought to be pursued concurrently for optimum results. Based on review of existing literature, the paper traces the trajectory of Somali refugees in Kenya amidst a continually restrictive space for refugees among host states like Kenya.While the tripartite agreement on voluntary repatriation has seen many Somali refugees voluntarilly repatriate, many challenges abound and a majority yet to repatriate.This therefore calls for an assessment of other refugee solution options, like local integration.It concludes that repatriation, resettlement and local integration, all provide options for a comprehensive Somali refugee solution in Kenya.

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“…Wajir has few valuable resources, was of low strategic importance at the time of the conflict, and there is no evidence that the government had a stake in the conflict incompatibility. In terms of relationships, rather than clientelist or biased elite interactions, there appears to have been an absence of ties between Wajir and the political centre (Ibrahim Abdi & Jenner, 1997;Menkhaus, 2015 The government's role during the conflict was mainly reactive and relied on force, with no attempt to resolve the underlying conflict. The peace process was started by a group of women at the market, who initiated dialogue.…”

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The Political Conditions for Local Peacemaking: A Comparative Study of Communal Conflict Resolution in Kenya

Elfversson

2019

Comparative Political Studies

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How does government bias affect prospects for peace agreements in communal conflicts? Government bias has been shown to have a strong impact on the incidence and dynamics of localized ethnic conflict, but the way that it affects conflict resolution remains underexplored. I argue that government bias makes the conflict parties less likely to overcome the commitment problem, because they cannot trust the government’s willingness to guarantee or uphold any agreement they reach. Consequently, bias reduces the chances that the parties are able to reach a peace agreement. A systematic comparison of four cases in Kenya provides support for this argument. I also distinguish between bias related to strategic interest and bias related to relationships, and find that the former is more durable, whereas the latter is more likely to be influenced by political turnover, thereby opening up possibilities for peacemaking.

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Conflict Assessment: Northern Kenya and Somaliland

Cited by 17 publications

References 33 publications

The water and land footprints of meat and milk production and consumption in Kenya: implications for sustainability and food security

The water and land footprints of meat and milk production and consumption in Kenya: implications for sustainability and food security

Somali Refugee Solutions in Kenya: Challenges of Repatriation and Prospects of Local Integration.

The Political Conditions for Local Peacemaking: A Comparative Study of Communal Conflict Resolution in Kenya

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