Early Forms of Government in Kenya

Syllabus: CBC * Grade 5 * Social Studies * Strand 4.0 Political Systems * Sub-strand 4.2 Early Forms of Government in Kenya

Lesson objectives

By the end of this topic, you should be able to:

• Describe early forms of government among selected communities in Kenya.
• Compare early forms of government of the Maasai and Ameru.
• Apply best practices from these early forms of government to modern governance.
• Appreciate the importance of early forms of governance in Kenya.

Summary

Before modern government structures, communities like the Maasai and Ameru organised themselves through structured systems of age-sets and councils of elders, each with their own way of sharing responsibility and making decisions for the good of the community.