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majimboism
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Etymology
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From
Swahili
majimbo
(
“
regions
”
)
+
-ism
.
Noun
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majimboism
(
uncountable
)
(
Kenya
)
The
political
devolution
of
power
to the
regions
of a
country
.
2008
January 11, Aidan Hartley, “Democracy by Other Means”, in
New York Times
[1]
:
Mr. Odinga campaigned on a policy of federal decentralization known as
majimboism
.