maumo thesis

KENYA’S FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS ISRAEL, 1963-2002:
CONTRADICTION BETWEEN RHETORIC AND PRACTICE.

THESIS PRESENTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF MASTER OF
ARTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.

BY MAUMO LEONARD OLUOCH

UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI,
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES,
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE & PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
May, 2009

DECLARATION
THIS THESIS IS MY OWN ORIGINAL WORK THAT HAS NOT BEEN
SUBMITTED FOR EXAMINATION IN ANY OTHER UNIVERSITY.

DATE: 29th June, 2009
MAUMO LEONARD OLUOCH.

THIS THESIS HAS RECEIVED MY APPROVAL AS THE UNIVERSITY
SUPERVISOR.

DATE: 29th June, 2009

DR. OLOO G. R. ADAMS.

DEDICATION

This work is dedicated to my dear parents, Wilson and Philomena Auma, for giving their all to see me through school and for believing in the power of education.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Special debt of gratitude is owed to many individuals who contributed ideas that shaped this work. My supervisor, Dr. Oloo Adams, promptly read and offered relevant comments for each of the six chapters. I thank him for being available whenever I wanted assistance throughout the period of writing this thesis. I thank Dr. Philip Nying’uro, the Chair of the
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, for reminding me of the need to complete this work. I acknowledge the advice, comments and encouragement from my lecturers at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration. I would also like to salute my six classmates; Chelogoi Davis, Karanja Patrick, Kwamboka Caroline,
Mutega John, Ngugi John and Okello Caroline for their uplifting words and deeds during the two years of the programme.

Outside the academic field, I would like to thank those who assisted me during the process of conducting interviews. These include Dr. Caleb Mbai of the Israeli embassy at the time, Mr. Johnson Soi and Mr. Robert Ngesu of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the office of the Director of Tourism,

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