English edit

Etymology edit

From Swahili majimbo (regions) +‎ -ism.

Noun edit

majimboism (uncountable)

  1. (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.