ABSTRACT
The chapter presents three case studies of implementation of development using administrative science. It narrates dialogues between officials and technical departments on indigenous land use, changes in land tenure and conflicts over land. The peasants, who did not participate in the dialogue, often used representatives to intervene on their behalf. The first case study deals with conflicts over lease land between the Kipsigis and the European Tea estates with the colonial provincial officials sometimes supporting the local community, while at other times enforcing government policies on transfer of the land from the African peasants to European settlers. The cause available to local peasants was the supreme Crown Court after convictions in the lower court. The second case involves the agricultural and soil conservation programs. Evidence is presented that colonial policies were often the causes of environmental degradations through actions forced on the African systems of land use. The third case study involved bush clearing projects to control tsetse flies followed by resettling of displaced populations. Other policies, such as allowing some ethnic groups to clear and settle in the land of others, resulted in unresolved land conflicts. The colonial officials used ordinances with strict requirements to force compliance. The contradictory policies would explain reasons for the colonial project failures.
