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Initiatives and Strategies in Place by Stakeholders in Mitigating Resource Based Ethnic Conflicts in Baringo South, Kenya

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  • Cheruyiot Julius

    (Graduate Student, Department of Security, Diplomacy and Peace Studies, Kenyatta University, Kenya)

  • Ngari Lazarus Kinyua

    (Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Policy and Administration, Kenyatta University, Kenya)

Abstract

Extended periods of dry seasons and drought have the potential to spark resource-based conflicts over pasture and water among pastoralist societies. These ecologically induced disputes in most cases result in protracted ethnic conflicts between different communities sharing common natural resources. This study examined the initiatives and mitigation measures taken by various stakeholders to end resource based ethnic conflicts in Baringo South.Anchored on two complementary theories namely; legitimate domination theory and environmental insecurity theory, this study argued that environmental degradation and shrinking access to pasture and water resources as a result of changes in climatic conditions ignite resource-based disputes which take the form of ethnic conflicts among pastoralists communities. This study made use of primary and secondary data in achieving intended objectives. Questionnaires were administered to 300 men and women from the dominant pastoralist ethnic groups of the Pokot and the Tugen selected through probability sampling. Purposive and snowballing sampling techniques were used to select 20 lead respondents who included; politicians, women leaders, religious leaders and local administrators. Data collected was analyzed and interpreted both qualitatively and quantitatively.

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  • Cheruyiot Julius & Ngari Lazarus Kinyua, 2025. "Initiatives and Strategies in Place by Stakeholders in Mitigating Resource Based Ethnic Conflicts in Baringo South, Kenya," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 9(3), pages 4558-4568, March.
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