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Kenya’s economy is expected to recover after a peaceful election

By Ola Johnson Kenya’s Supreme Court unanimously decided that Kenya’s presidential election — which had been held on 4 March — was conducted in a free, fair, transparent and credible manner, and that Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto of the … read more »

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Kenya’s elections: Let the courts decide

Two weeks after Kenyans went to the polls, the runner-up in the presidential race is challenging the result in court. The country has so far maintained peace throughout the process, which is continuing to throw the hurdles of democracy at … read more »

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kenya: A chip off the old Kikuyu block

The Economist Uhuru Kenyatta must convince Kenyans that he is his own man A NOVELTY of Kenya’s first televised presidential debate was the sight of awkward questions being put to Uhuru Kenyatta. How would he run the country from the … read more »

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Indictee for President!

NAIROBI — When the International Criminal Court was established in 2002 it had many lofty ambitions. Ending impunity for crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes. Delivering justice to those abandoned by their national courts. Boosting indictees’ electoral chances was … read more »

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Kenyan Election Update: Kenyatta lead shrinks, raising chance of run-off

(Reuters) – Kenyan presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta’s share of the vote slipped below 50 percent for the first time in the slow counting of results on Thursday, raising the prospect that the country could be headed for a divisive second … read more »

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Kenyans go the polls

Security has been stepped up across the country Kenya Elections Polls are due to open in Kenya in what observers are describing as the most important election in the country’s history. It is the first time a vote has taken … read more »

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Kenya police warn of election day attacks by Somali militants, criminals in police uniform

NAIROBI, Kenya — Five years after more than 1,000 people were killed in election-related violence, Kenyans on Monday will begin casting votes in a nationwide election seen as the country’s most important — and complicated — in its 50-year history. … read more »

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Kenya between hope and despair. Again

By Daniel Branch Many Kenyans will go to the polls on 4 March with a sense of trepidation. Three of the four elections since 1992 have been accompanied by significant violence; 2002 being the exception. On each occasion politicians used … read more »

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Kenya General elections: Can Kenya get it right at the polls?

Politics – Kenya, considered to be East Africa’s biggest economy, will on March 4, hold general elections that will see the emergence of a president, senators, county governors, members of parliament, civic wards and women county representatives in a poll … read more »

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Kenya tunes in as Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga promise peaceful elections

Kenya’s first televised presidential debate sees hopefuls play down fears of a repeat of the tribal violence that erupted in 2007 Clar Ni Chonghaile in Nairobi,guardian.co.uk Inside the private school in Nairobi’s upmarket Karen suburb, the small audience gathered to … read more »

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Ethiopia’s Prime Minister- Homeless Prime Minister

By Hama Tuma Sometimes we Ethiopians like to boast. The first in everything! The cradle of mankind. The first bare foot runner to win the marathon… … The first to claim an annual economic growth of 12% whilst begging for … read more »

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Kenya divided, with presidential candidates wanted by ICC

The last time Kenyans voted for a president, allegations of electoral fraud triggered weeks of inter-ethnic violence that claimed more than 1,000 lives and pushed East Africa’s biggest economy towards civil war. Heading into next year’s presidential election, the country … read more »

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Letter to Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and a Lesson for Ghana

“The journey will be tough; it’s not going to be too painful anyway, because I also know that leaders who bring pain on the people always end up badly. Leaders who think they are so powerful always end up badly … read more »

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Is ethnic strife inevitable in Africa?

Ethnic strife is neither inevitable nor immutable in today’s Africa, despite common American assumptions to the contrary. Africa is indeed the home of thousands of linguistically and ethnically distinct groups, but the sheer number and existence of such entities hardly … read more »

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