Social structures

As the face-to-face communal lives of small villages waned, Kenyans were confronted with a need to create new forms of community life capable of sustaining democracy in urban and national scales. 

A patch work of churches, familial and economic associations have substituted the small village-feel worn together by traditional morality and ethics dictated by a social elite regarding acceptable behavior. 

One of the problems in Kenya is that traditional morality and ethics have been adapted to conditions that no longer exist; polygamy has reduced, reduced communal living, subsistence living isn’t sustainable, and mobility is more common. All these changes would necessitate individualism because of competition but society still demands communitarianism leading to a chasm that is filled by opportunist. For example many preachers and politicians live an opulent life on the backs of public charity; some MPs argue that they get paid over $10,000 a month because they have to help their constituents.