A Provisional Analysis of Diaspora Engagement Policies in Kenya

Bethuel Kinyanjui Kinuthia, Fred Jonyo, and Godwin Siundu undertake an analysis of the diaspora engagement policies in Kenya through contextualizing the debate in the economics and Africanist discourses. By providing Kenya’s diasporic profile and historicizing the state–diaspora relations in Kenya, the chapter problematizes questions on the country’s diaspora engagement policies by deploying Gamlen’s diaspora engagement policies typology. Ultimately, the chapter offers a critique of Kenya’s diaspora policy and how it impacts the engagements of the country’s diaspora groups.