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ICC hearing Monday for Kenya president-elect

A status conference in the International Criminal Court case against Kenya’s president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta and his co-accused Francis Muthaura is due to take place on Monday at 2pm. The session will focus on an application by the two to have … read more »

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Kenya 2013: Elections, Violence and the Urban Poor in Nairobi

By Jeremy Lind, Kenyans go to the polls for national elections on Monday March 4th for the first time since a conflagration of violence swept the country following disputed election results in 2008. An estimated 1,300 lives were lost in … read more »

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Kenya: A rich man’s game: elections, violence and the urban poor in Nairobi

By Jeremy Lind Kenyans go to the polls for national elections on Monday March 4th for the first time since a conflagration of violence swept the country following disputed election results in 2008. An estimated 1,300 lives were lost in … read more »

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Kenya: Fears of poll violence as Mungiki re-emerges

Henry Makori In recent months, media in Kenya has reported the re-emergence of the terror group Mungiki in parts of the central region. Mungiki, an exclusively Kikuyu ethnic militia, has over the years been blamed for atrocious violence and extortion … read more »

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Kenya’s Willy Mutunga ‘threatened’ over Kenyatta case

NAIROBI – Kenya’s Chief Justice Willy Mutunga says he has been threatened with “dire consequences” if the courts barred presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta from contesting next month’s election. Mr Mutunga said he had received a “poison-pen letter” from an outlawed … read more »

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Kenya: Mungiki regroup pre-election in search of political influence

By Jacob Rasmussen Mungiki was one of the key protagonists in the post-election violence (PEV) of 2008 and has for years been perceived and presented as one of the principal internal security threats to Kenya. Taking into consideration the violent … read more »

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