| Legislative development in Africa: Politics and postcolonial legacies K Ochieng'Opalo Cambridge University Press, 2019 | 104 | 2019 |
| African elections: Two divergent trends KO Opalo J. Democracy 23, 80, 2012 | 67 | 2012 |
| The long road to institutionalization: the Kenyan Parliament and the 2013 elections K Opalo Journal of Eastern African Studies 8 (1), 63-77, 2014 | 39 | 2014 |
| “Constrained Presidential Power in Africa? Legislative Independence and Executive Rule Making in Kenya, 1963–2013.” KO Opalo British Journal of Political Science 50 (4), 1341 - 1358, 2020 | 30 | 2020 |
| Formalizing clientelism in Kenya: from harambee to the constituency development fund K Ochieng'Opalo World Development 152, 105794, 2022 | 25 | 2022 |
| Citizen political knowledge and accountability: Survey evidence on devolution in Kenya KO Opalo Governance 33 (4), 849-869, 2020 | 24 | 2020 |
| Partisanship and public opinion on cash transfers: Survey evidence from Kenya KO Opalo Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 59 (3), 240-274, 2021 | 15* | 2021 |
| Ideology and succession politics in Ethiopia: Autocratic leadership turnover and political instability KO Opalo, L Smith Democratization 28 (8), 1463-1482, 2021 | 13 | 2021 |
| The cyclical electoral impacts of programmatic policies: Evidence from education reforms in Tanzania J Habyarimana, K Ochieng’Opalo, Y Schipper RISE Programme Working Paper 20/051. https://riseprogramme. org/publications …, 2020 | 13* | 2020 |
| Ethnicity and Elite Coalitions: The Origins of'Big Man'Presidentialism in Africa KO Opalo Available at SSRN 1853744, 2011 | 13 | 2011 |
| Electricity provision and tax mobilization in Africa M Blimpo, JT Mensah, KO Opalo, R Shi World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, 2018 | 12 | 2018 |
| The rise of the African legislature? K Opalo Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, 2019 | 11 | 2019 |
| Field Experiments in the Global South Assessing Risks, Localizing Benefits, and Addressing Positionality BD Herman, A Panin, E Wellman, G Blair, L Pruett, K Ochieng’Opalo, ... PS: Political Science and Politics, 2021 | 10 | 2021 |
| Institutions and political change: The case of African legislatures K Ochieng'Opalo Stanford University, 2015 | 10 | 2015 |
| The Ogaden region: a fragile path to peace K Opalo CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation, 2010 | 9 | 2010 |
| Legislative Independence and Incumbent Electoral Advantage: Evidence from Parliamentary Elections in Kenya KO Opalo Available at SSRN 2906382, 2017 | 8* | 2017 |
| Term Limits and Democratic Consolidation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Burundi K Opalo Constitution Net, 2015 | 7 | 2015 |
| Leveraging legislative power: distributive politics and Committee work in Kenya’s National Assembly KO Opalo The Journal of legislative studies 28 (4), 513-532, 2022 | 6 | 2022 |
| Hustlers versus dynasties? The elusive quest for issue-based politics in Kenya KO Opalo The Elusive Quest for Issue-Based Politics in Kenya (September 12, 2022), 2022 | 4 | 2022 |
| What is the Point of Schooling?: The Politics of Education Policy in Tanzania Since 1961 K Ochieng’Opalo Center for Global Development, 2022 | 4* | 2022 |
Moussa P. BlimpoUniversity of Toronto - Munk School of Global Affairs and Public PolicyVerified email at utoronto.ca
