Money culture in kenyan politics: Question of morality vis a vis integrity in global view

Author: 
Dr. Tecla Tum, Juma Thomas Otieno and Esther Arusei

This paper sought to understand and evaluate the money culture in politics. It is appreciable that politics in Kenya has undergone notable changes gravitating around multipartism to dominant singlepartism, and now to coalition politics. On many occasions, experiences of violence have marred Kenya’s political choice processes yet, one constant thing that seems to have evolved in the practice of elective politics in Kenya is ‘money culture’. Money perse in politics may not be bad because it is what drives political planning and facilitation. However, the way money exchanges hands in Kenyan politics opens avenues for critical enquiries This study guided by the following objectives will ventilate this dilemma. One, the study found out the application of money in political process in global perspective; two, it interrogated the practice of money culture in Kenyan politics; and finally it established money culture vis a vis morality and integrity in Kenyan politics. Guided by the Sociological Cycle Theory, the study used both qualitative and quantitative research design by application of a simple random sample subjected to a population sample of 150, through administration of open and closed ended questionnaire, the researchers then analyzed data and made conclusions that money culture is unethical when applied to influence voters or politicians.

Paper No: 
733