Kenya ranked as 'failed state'

US firm ranks Kenya as 'failed state' despite peaceful poll



By KEVIN J KELLEY
Posted Monday, June 24 2013 at 14:10

Kenya is ranked among the world's 20 most unstable countries in an annual "failed-state index" published on Monday by a Washington think tank and an online international affairs journal.

Successful efforts to prevent a repeat of the post-election violence of five years ago did not impress the analysts at the Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy magazine.

"The elections, thankfully, were relatively peaceful," acknowledges the brief entry on Kenya, which is listed in 17th place on the index -- one spot better than in 2012.

"But, as the International Crisis Group writes," the Kenya commentary continues, "'the conflict drivers that triggered the 2007 bloodshed, including a culture of impunity, land grievances, corruption, ethnic tensions, weak institutions and regional and socio-economic inequality, have yet to be addressed adequately.'"

The index annually receives a significant amount of global media attention.

Critics say its rankings are arbitrary, in that comparative degrees of instability cannot be measured scientifically.

The index's sponsors point to their use of specialised software and "sophisticated search parameters and algorithms" that produce numerical scores for social, economic and political indicators for 178 countries.

The index compilers may also be vulnerable to charges of prejudice since black African countries -- Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, South Sudan and Chad -- account for the five worst cases of state failure.

Despite military and political gains made against insurgents, "Somalia has the dubious honour of being the world’s No 1 failed state for the sixth straight year," says an introduction to the index.

Kenya is ranked one spot above Nigeria and just below Niger.

Uganda is placed in the 22nd position, while Tanzania is listed 65th, which is said to make it slightly more stable than both Israel and China.

Finland, Sweden and Norway are deemed the world's three most stable states.

That suggests the index may have poor predictive capacities, since Sweden was shaken last month by widespread rioting.

Source:
US firm ranks Kenya as 'failed state' despite peaceful poll - Politics - nation.co.ke

The 2012 Failed States Index - Interactive Map and Rankings | Foreign Policy

Kenya? naaaah! wamechemka. Kwa mujib wa wikipedia (not so credible, but indicative):
A failed state is a state perceived as having failed at some of the basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government. There is no general consensus on the definition of a failed state. The definition of a failed state according to the Fund for Peace is often used to characterize a failed state:

• loss of control of its territory, or of the monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force therein
• erosion of legitimate authority to make collective decisions
• an inability to provide public services
• an inability to interact with other states as a full member of the international community

Common characteristics of a failing state include a central government so weak or ineffective that it has little practical control over much of its territory; non-provision of public services; widespread corruption and criminality; refugees and involuntary movement of populations; and sharp economic decline.
The level of government control required to avoid being considered a failed state varies considerably amongst authorities. Furthermore, the declaration that a state has "failed" is generally controversial and, when made authoritatively, may carry significant geopolitical consequences.

I don't see Kenya as a failed state at all. hizo zingine sawa.

Mmmh!, Kenya a failed nation?, failure in what?...I reserve my comment!, waiting to 'like' Nairoberry's

Tutafika said:

Mmmh!, Kenya a failed nation?, failure in what?...I reserve my comment!, waiting to 'like' Nairoberry's

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wajua kenya ni nchi inayojitegemea si kibaraka wa wazungu kama nchi zingine,hata mtoto wa darasa la tatu huko simbawanga anajua kuwa kenya is not a failed state

failed state ambayao misaada ya wazungu ni 10 %? waacheni wakenya nyie

basi yetu ni dead state

Rotten state

PhD said:

basi yetu ni dead state

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I thing Kenya is more stable compared to other east Africa countries

EAST AFRICA TIMES

bmalale said:

I thing Kenya is more stable compared to other east Africa countries

EAST AFRICA TIMES

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Wazungu wenu wamesema SIYO, kwamba ninyi ni FAILED STATE, pamoja na kuongea kizungu kwenu!

Nakubaliana na hao think tank. Ni failed state inayoongozwa na criminals (watuhumiwa wa genocide, rape, etc.).

Kijakazi said:

Duh! kweli Wazungu noma, yaani pamoja Na Wakenya Kuongoea Kizungu kwa nyodo, na ma-elite wa Nairobi kujifanya Wazungu kote bado wanawaita tu Failed State, argghhhhhhh Pamoja na Katiba Mpya yote, majina mapya mazuri mazuri sijui Seneta, sijui county bado tu wanawaita Failed state?

Haki ya Mungu, life is not Fair ningekuwa mimi nimgekunywa Sumu!

Nchi moja, Watu Wamoja, Lengo Moja, Daima Milele TZ!
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Sumu ninayo. Nikuletee?

Highlander said:

Sumu ninayo. Nikuletee?

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Mimi sio Mkenya, ningekuwa Mkenya ningekwambia uniletee!

We can be a failed state if we are awaiting certification by some neo-colonists. We are who we think we are.

and the vizeves is true, Tanzania is whaaaaaaat! wazungu wanawasifu so you are what! a real going to hell

Kijakazi said:

Duh! kweli Wazungu noma, yaani pamoja Na Wakenya Kuongoea Kizungu kwa nyodo, na ma-elite wa Nairobi kujifanya Wazungu kote bado wanawaita tu Failed State, argghhhhhhh Pamoja na Katiba Mpya yote, majina mapya mazuri mazuri sijui Seneta, sijui county bado tu wanawaita Failed state?

Haki ya Mungu, life is not Fair ningekuwa mimi nimgekunywa Sumu!

Nchi moja, Watu Wamoja, Lengo Moja, Daima Milele TZ!
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Nitakuwa wa mwisho kuunga mkono tafiti za kishenzi kama hizi. Zenye lengo la wazi la kuishushia heshima Africa na nchi za Africa. Katika hizo failured state Syria imewekwa namba ngapi? Afghanistani ni ya ghapi? Na hiyo failed state inaibuka tu kwakuwa watu walishindwa kuelewana? Ni lini Kenya iliwahi kuwa out of control? Hiyo failed state imeibuka kutokana na machafuko ya mwezi mmoja? Je vipi kuhusu Iraq, Libya, Tunisia na Misri? Wanaziongeleaje nchi kwa mfano za Ireland ambako kumekuwa na vita za kidini for years? Wasijekuwa wanatafuta tu namna ya kuishushia heshima Africa!

It is stupid to see our fellow africans through western world's eyes while we have our own. A mere belief that the western world is always right and credible is another symptom that we africans are yet to be liberated! Away with a small talk!

Lukolo said:

Nitakuwa wa mwisho kuunga mkono tafiti za kishenzi kama hizi. Zenye lengo la wazi la kuishushia heshima Africa na nchi za Africa. Katika hizo failured state Syria imewekwa namba ngapi? Afghanistani ni ya ghapi? Na hiyo failed state inaibuka tu kwakuwa watu walishindwa kuelewana? Ni lini Kenya iliwahi kuwa out of control? Hiyo failed state imeibuka kutokana na machafuko ya mwezi mmoja? Je vipi kuhusu Iraq, Libya, Tunisia na Misri? Wanaziongeleaje nchi kwa mfano za Ireland ambako kumekuwa na vita za kidini for years? Wasijekuwa wanatafuta tu namna ya kuishushia heshima Africa!

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Mimi binafsi Sijali kuhusu Afrika yote isipokuwa Tanzania tu, hivyo hata kama Nchi zote zikiwa failed state halafu Tz yetu siyo mimi kwangu poa tu, cha muhimu kwangu ni Tanzania tu hao wengine kivyao kama wameonewa au la, shauri yao, halafu isitoshe mbona Takwimu nyingine wanazikubali na si zinatoka kwa hao hao Wazungu mnaowalalamikia?
Kama mnaona hawawatendei haki basi pia kataeni kila kitu kutoka kwao na sio pale tu mnapoona mmewekwa kwenye kundi la failed state!

jaxonwaziri said:

It is stupid to see our fellow africans through western world's eyes while we have our own. A mere belief that the western world is always right and credible is another symptom that we africans are yet to be liberated! Away with a small talk!

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