Abstract:
Civic education seeks to enable the people to acquire knowledge, skills and
personal attributes that would make them understand and appreciate the
processes, values and systems by which they are governed and the means by
which they can participate in those processes. In Kenya majority of Kenyans do
not understand the concept clearly and that is why they make errors or poor
decisions during election process, and once they vote and after voting process
and declaration of results, they start lamenting. The problem is in essence many
Kenyans do not know their rights and responsibilities in socio-economic,
political, environmental, legal and cultural contexts of their country. Civic
education refers to the type of education that equips citizens with the
knowledge, skills and desired attitudes, which in turn enable the recipients to
make informed participation, choices and decisions about various issues of life.
The objective of the research is to study the appropriate and applicable strategy
to be used to teach the Kenyans to be open minded and critical to identifying
problems facing them and exploring options or solutions to such problems for
example elections. The research will be survey and data will be collected
through both interview and questionnaires, from the common man in the
villages and civil servants in offices in urban areas. The analyzed data will be
presented in graphs and tables. The findings will be vital for citizens by
increasing peoples’ awareness and levels of civic responsibility resulting in
more stable, informed and consensus-based leadership and governance within
our counties in the country.
