Language and multiparty democracy in a multiethnic Kenya.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, following the breakup of the Soviet Union and the emergence of the United States as the sole superpower, many developing nations experienced intense pressure, internally and externally, to switch from single-party to multiparty rule. Multiparty administrations were perceived as better alternatives to single-party administrations, which were labeled dictatorial and tyrannical.

Multipartyism was believed to provide more freedom of expression, in addition to checks and balances on officials in government; however, as this article will show, it did ...

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