majimboism

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swahili majimbo (“regions”) +‎ -ism.

Noun

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.