@article{wjssh2018421,
author={Mutsotso, Beneah M.},
title={Marginalization of the Pastoralist Pokot of North Western Kenya},
journal={World Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities},
volume={4},
number={2},
pages={69--74},
year={2018},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/wjssh/4/2/1},
issn={2474-1434},
abstract={The pastoralists Pokot have for over a century suffered systemic marginalization and neglect by successive governments of Kenya. The paper presents who the pastoralist Pokot are, where they live, origin, forms and manifestations of social marginalization they suffer. The paper traces the origin of the neglect and argues that the colonial government passed over the marginalization to the post independence government of Kenya with little or no change in perception. It utilizes diffusion of innovations theory by Everett Rogers to explain the lack of adoption of government/western ways of life which then, became the basis of marginalization. The paper draws upon primary, archival and other secondary data to demonstrate the social marginalization.},
doi={10.12691/wjssh-4-2-1}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}