Instead of pursuing efforts to link their fractured society, centralized control of the government stayed in urban areas and reform focused on “reorganizing the bifurcated power forged under colonialism.” Native authorities that operated under indirect rule have not been brought into the mainstream reformation process; instead, development has been “enforced” on the rural peasantry.
Instead of uniting their divided society, centralized government control remained in urban areas while reforms aimed at “reorganizing the split power established under colonialism.” Native authorities operating under indirect rule were not integrated into the mainstream reform process; instead, development was imposed on rural peasants.