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NAIROBI — Uhuru Kenyatta vowed to promote peace, unity and economic development at his inauguration Tuesday as Kenya’s fourth president. Kenyatta and his deputy are taking power while facing charges at the International Criminal Court, which could complicate the country’s … read more »
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenyatta, Mwai Kibaki, Nairobi, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto, Yoweri Museveni
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By Stephen A. Lamony The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) obliges states parties to cooperate with the Court in regards to its investigations and prosecutions. It is perhaps not too surprising then that Sudan, which never ratified … read more »
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Tagged Francis Muthaura, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenyan, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Mwai Kibaki, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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IndepthAfrica – In a BBC interview a day after conceding defeat and wishing Uhuru and his team well, Raila said even after the ruling, his coalition would fight on for democracy, “through other venues’’ which he did not specify. The … read more »
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Tagged bbc, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, Nairobi, Raila Odinga, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, Uhuru Kenyatta
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Since Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner of Kenya’s presidential election, political analysts have tried hard to make us believe that the United States and Britain are worried. Kenya is the staunchest and most docile proxy of the two countries’ … read more »
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Tagged Francis Muthaura, International Criminal Court, Kenya, kenya elections, Kenya Violence, Kenyatta, Mwai Kibaki, Uhuru Kenyatta, Uhuru Kenyatta Elected President, United States, William Ruto, World news
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This is a serious question asked by many analysts who are closely watching the deliberations taking place at the supreme court following Raila Odinga’a daft petition to have Kenya’s most peaceful and successful elections ever, nullified. Chief Justice Willy Mutunga … read more »
By Gabrial Pager Ajang The imperialism and colonialism spearheaded by the German, British and French governments created social-economic and political perils in Africa. The geographical continent of Africa was curved at the Berlin Conference without natives’ consent. The Frence’s policy … read more »
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Tagged Berlin Conference, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenyan, Mwai Kibaki, Uhuru Kenyatta, United States
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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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Tagged IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya, Kenyatta, Kikuyu people, Mwai Kibaki, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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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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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Michela Wrong, Mwai Kibaki, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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(CNN) — Kenya’s new president-elect is a man of many complexities. The son of Kenya’s founding leader, Uhuru Kenyatta, 51, narrowly eked out a win to become the youngest president of East Africa’s largest economy. Despite his popularity at home, … read more »
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, John Kerry, Kenya, Kenyatta, Mwai Kibaki, Uhuru Kenyatta, United States
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AFP At 68, Raila Odinga, son of Kenya’s historical opposition leader Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, failed in his third and probably final stab at Kenya’s top job. The prime minister in the outgoing government, Odinga is a Luo from the … read more »
With provisional results still trickling in for the Kenya elections 2013, Presidential candidate of the Eagle Party, Mr. Peter Kenneth has conceded defeat. He announced this on twitter, thanking all who believed and voted for him. He said in his … read more »
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5.44:Uhuru Kenyatta (JUBILEE) 2,723,625 (53.49%) Raila Odinga (CORD) 2,138,206 (41.99) 5.30: Uhuru Kenyatta (JUBILEE) 2,718,445 Raila Odinga (CORD) 2,133,573 5.28 :Uhuru Kenyatta (JUBILEE) 2,717,445 Raila Odinga (CORD) 2,133,293 4.57: Uhuru Kenyatta (JUBILEE) 2, 697, 056 Raila Odinga (CORD) 2, 107, … read more »
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2013 Kenyan Presidential Election Results: Live Update 2 11.20am Uhuru (TNA) 2,332 541(54.5%) votes, Raila (ODM) 1,748 238, (40.9%) Mudavadi (UDF) 118,891(2.8%) Kenneth (KNC) 24 735 (0.58%) Karua (NARC Kenya) 15,651 (0.37%) 11.10am Uhuru (TNA) 2,315 152(54.5%) votes, Raila (ODM) … read more »
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2013 Kenya Presidential Results Updates 1145pm Uhuru 719,798 Raila 510,686 11:32pm Uhuru – 716,091, Raila – 508,034 10:55PM: Uhuru – 697,073, Raila – 493,483 10:47pm Uhuru – 690,062 (56.19%), Raila – 487,013 9:37pm Uhuru – 625,918 votes, Raila – 443,210 … read more »
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenya General Elections, Mwai Kibaki, Raila, Raila Odinga, Uhuru, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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Kenyans vote today in the first general election since a disputed vote erupted into ethnic violence five years ago. [View the story "Kenyan Election 2013: Election Day Live Updates!" on Storify]
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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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Vote a test of Kenya’s damaged democratic credentials * Neighbours, Western donors anxious for peaceful poll * Results to be electronically transmitted to election body * Each polling station count to be publicly displayed By George Obulutsa NAIROBI, March 3 … read more »
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(CNN) — Kenyans vote Monday in the first general election since a disputed vote erupted into ethnic violence five years ago. The clashes left about 1,200 people dead and ended after the formation of a government based on an uneasy … read more »
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 »
Zambia’s former president says he is confident Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) will organize a peaceful and credible election, despite reports of escalating tensions before Monday’s vote. Rupiah Banda is leading the U.S.-based Carter Center poll observers. He … read more »
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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Tagged 2013 kenyan elections, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya, kenya Presidential debate, Kenyan, kenyan elections 2013, Kikuyu, Mwai Kibaki, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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The two front-runners in Kenya’s presidential election have been holding their final rallies in Nairobi, ahead of Monday’s vote. PM Raila Odinga and deputy PM Uhuru Kenyatta are favourites to succeed President Kibaki, in the first poll since the post-2007 … read more »
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Tagged 2013 kenyan elections, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenyan, kenyan elections 2013, Kenyatta, Mwai Kibaki, Nairobi, Odinga, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta
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Kenya’s strategic and symbolic importance as a peaceful democracy in Africa is decades-old. But after 2007 riots, world is now watching. Kiambaa, Kenya The most infamous of the many violent atrocities that followed Kenya‘s last election in 2007 came when … read more »
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At least 35 people have been killed in a bus crash near Mwingi town in eastern Kenya, a traffic officer has said. Most of the passengers worked in the capital, Nairobi, and were returning to their homes to vote in … read more »
(Reuters) – Some businesses in Kisumu, Kenya’s third-largest city, have reduced stock or closed ahead of Monday’s presidential elections for fear of a repeat of the tribal violence that killed more than 1,200 people at the last such vote five … read more »
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The United States Secretary of State John Kerry has called for credible Kenya elections. Mr Kerry urged Kenyans to conduct a free and fair poll devoid of violence. His message was conveyed to Kenyans during a phone call to President … read more »
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Tagged Barack Obama, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, John Kerry, Kenya, kenya election 2013, kenyan elections, Mwai Kibaki, Uhuru Kenyatta, United States, William Ruto
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By Andrew Green Since multi-party democracy returned to Kenya in 1992, voting at election time has largely divided itself along ethnic lines. In 2007, when President Mwai Kibaki narrowly edged out Raila Odinga under a cloud of suspected vote tampering, … read more »
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Kenyan voters go to the polls on 4 March in the first general election since the disputed contest of December 2007 unexpectedly exploded into violence. During the elections Kenyans will choose a president, members of parliament and senators, county governors … read more »
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Tagged Barack Obama, Hague, International Criminal Court, Kenya, kenya elections 2013, Kenyan, kenyan elections 2013, Kenya’s 2013 elections, Mwai Kibaki, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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By Machua Koinange, The Star opinion The one thing that has crystallised this week with the diplomatic community in panic mode and the ICC question dominating both the headlines and the presidential debate is that the momentum in the race … read more »
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Kenya, kenya elections, Kenyan, kenyan elections 2013, Martha Karua, Mwai Kibaki, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, United States, William Ruto
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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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