Volume 15, Issue 6

The Cash Oriented Colonial Economy In Migori County, Kenya Upto 1963

Author

Miganda Mark OmondI Odera, Dr. John Akumu Orondo and Dr. Nashon Budy Budi

Abstract

Migori County was ones called Ugaya district before 1907 under the Governor of East African Protectorate of Kisumu Province, from the lake, Karungu to Kisii. Migori is in southwestern Kenya, and borders Kisii county to the northeast, Narok to the southeast, Tanzania to the west and south, and Lake Victoria to the west. The county also borders Uganda through Migingo Island in Lake Victoria. It had population of 1,116,436 in 2019. The colonialists introduced cash-oriented economy, for example, cash agriculture, commercial fishing and mining. The objective of research was, to investigate the existence of cash oriented colonial economy in Migori County up to 1963. The study is significantly important for the development of theoretical construction on the colonial cash-oriented economy in Migori county. The researcher incorporated miners, land owners, artisanal and farmers, fishery, mining department at the county. The study was justified, because of the deteriorating agricultural production and manufacturing which has not been examined. The Structural Change Theory was applicable. The research used the hybrid of the historical and descriptive research design. The study size depended upon saturation. The data collection techniques included; the administration of Interview Schedule Guides, use of FGDG, to the participants, gathering information from Kenya National Archives and Documentation Services, secondary source synthesis. The collected data was analyzed manually and phenomenologically. The findings showed that there existed colonial cash-oriented economy in Migori, and the change of production from cultural to foreign. The study recommended that, the colonial cash-oriented economy allowed circulation of cash in Migori.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62226/ijarst20262713
 

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