Young Kavirondo Association helped birth culture of public political participation

Parliament passed the Public Participation Bill, 2019 to provide parameters for public participation and define the obligations of State organs and public officers in conducting the exercise prior to the formulation of new policies and amending old ones. This Bill has seen many government decisions stopped by the courts for not consulting the public.

Political consciousness among the Luo in the former Central Kavirondo (present-day Kisumu, Siaya and Busia counties) began after the First World War. The Young Kavirondo Association was formed in 1921. The core of this anti-colonial move was from a group of the first class that joined Maseno School around 1907.