Is Eastern Africa Abandoning Democracy?

Democracy is on the decline in east africa that was the assessment of tigere chaguta amnesty international's regional director for eastern southern africa and a piece for the non-profit organization the africa center he argued that despite democracy remaining the preferred system of governance in the region lenders had failed to deliver on its promise and

Had instead entrenched a steady decline in democratic norms and practices and he isn't the only one to make that argument political analyst nanjala nyabola and researcher edmund bamba made similar points in pieces for al jazeera and the horn international institute for strategic studies respectively local governance expert dr caroline mose in an exclusive

Interview with the war france team went even further saying that democracy has never really worked in east africa however local governments would disagree with this assessment in their view democracies are actually flourishing across the region they would point to regular elections constitutional frameworks and functioning parliaments as evidence that