Mukhwana M. Duncan and John Koskey Chang’ach
Department of History, Political Science & Public Administration, School
of Arts Social Sciences; Department of Educational Foundations, School of
Education, Moi University, Kenya
mukangaiduncan@gmail.com, changach65@gmail.com or
jkchangach@yahoo.com
Date Received: September 16, 2017; Date Revised: November 8, 2017
Asia Pacific Journal of Academic Research in Social Sciences
Vol. 2, 67-75
November 2017
ISSN 2545-904X
The Procurement, Management and Utilization of Labour Before and After the Introduction of the Sugar in Kakamega 711 KB 3 downloads
Mukhwana M. Duncan and John Koskey Chang’ach Department of History, Political Science...
This article examines labor as a pillar to both the subsistence sector and commercial sugarcane production in Kakamega County. It considers the mobilization, management and control overlabor prior to and after the advent of the sugar economy in Kakamega County. In view of this analysis, the article categorizes labour relations in the two periods as household and non-household labourrespectively. Methodologically, primary sources; researcher surveys, sugar company documents, oral interviews and farmers’ records were of utility to this study. The study established that more labour was dedicated to sugar cane production to the neglect of the subsistence sector. The study firmly recommends the need to rethink the allocation of the labour resource to the two sectors if subsistence and economic sustainability is to be realized in the county.
Keywords: Procurement, Management, Utilization, Labour and Sugar