Abstract:
In Kenya, democratic school leadership is becoming increasingly important as elsewhere in the
world as one way of fostering democracy in the society. The Ministry of Education has come up
with policies on how to enhance democracy at the school level but school principals still face major
challenges in fostering democracy in the daily running of their schools. This study set out to
establish the challenges principals face in enhancing democratic school governance in Kenyan
Public Secondary schools. The study utilized cross-sectional descriptive survey strategy that
employed mixed methods approach. The target population of the study was all principals and
senior teachers, of all the 122 public secondary school in Baringo County, Kenya. The study
sample was selected using stratified sampling, simple random sampling and purposive sampling
techniques. Data was collected by use of questionnaire and interview schedule and were analysed
both qualitatively and quantitatively.
