There is no doubt that the topic of leadership has become of critical
importance in the world. On the global front terrorism, war in the
Middle East, HIV/AIDS, environmental disasters resulting from global
warming, glaring inequalities between rich and poor nations, religious
fundamentalism, trafficking of drugs and so on have made it imperative
that a global leadership committed to dialogue across cultures and
nations be given a space to articulate itself. Within Africa, a
leadership that will spearhead social and economic development through
good governance, public participation, accountability and transparency
is urgently needed. Using Kenya as a case-study to mirror other African
countries this book interrogates the phenomenon of leadership, within
and without the political domain. It raises major issues related to
constitutionalism, economic development, religion, women's rights, youth
and people with disabilities. This book is an important contribution to
the debate and the imagining of what it means to have an alternative and
transformational mode of leadership in Africa today.