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Kenya’s poorest bore the brunt of the terrible violence which convulsed the nation after the last presidential election. Now they are bracing themselves for the worst but hoping there will be no repeat. It was early evening in late 2007 … read more »
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Tagged 2013 kenyan elections, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenya Presidential candidates, kenyan elections 2013, Kibera, Kikuyu, Nairobi, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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Westerners who identify themselves as “leftwing” or “anti-imperialist” are clear: white journalists should not define Africans by tribe, because this shows colonial thinking. The problem is that many Africans I meet define themselves by tribe, and nowhere more so than … read more »
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kalenjin, Kenya, Kikuyu, Kikuyu people, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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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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METAL shutters have come down, stocks of food have been run down and tatty bags with clothing for several weeks lie by the side of a road leading out of Nairobi, Kenya’s ethnically mixed capital, to farmland north-west. “We don’t … read more »
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Tagged Hague, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kikuyu, Nairobi, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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By Editorial Board, Washington Post IN THE five years since a disputed presidential election triggered a horrific ethnic conflict, Kenya has done much to guard against a recurrence. The constitution was rewritten, with power delegated to newly created states; a … read more »
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Tagged 2013 kenyan general election, Editorial Board, Hague, International Criminal Court, Kenya, kenya election date 2013, kenya elections march 2013, Kenyan presidential election 2013, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, United States, William Ruto
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Tomorrow is the day the much anticipated general elections in Kenya will occur. Much as the Kenyans are right to promote it as a national exercise, the regional interest in the elections is inescapable. The excitement in the region is … read more »
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Tagged 2013 kenyan general election, Indepth Africa Magazine, International Criminal Court, Kenya, kenya election date 2012, kenya elections march 2013, Kenyan presidential election 2013, Luzira, Nairobi, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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Institute for Security Studies (Tshwane/Pretoria) Analysis On Friday 15 February 2013, the High Court of Kenya finally made a ruling on the suitability of the Jubilee Alliance presidential candidate, Uhuru Kenyatta, to contest the March 4 elections. In its verdict, … read more »
Critically, international election observers (including around 70 observers from the EU) must maintain a strong local presence throughout the election period. The international community must not be caught unprepared again. The prospects of a trouble-free election in Kenya look increasingly … read more »
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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MALINDI, Kenya — In a room by the stairs, Shukrani Malingi, a Pokomo farmer, writhed on a metal cot, the skin on his back burned off. Down the hall, at a safe distance, Rahema Hageyo, an Orma girl, stared blankly … read more »
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Tagged Hague, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenyan, kenyan election, Kenyans, Kenya’s Elections 2013, Orma, Pokomo, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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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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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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Tagged IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, kenyan election 2013, kenyan news, Mungiki, Nairobi, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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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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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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A judge has cleared the way for a leading politician to run to be Kenya’s next president despite accusations of murder, rape and crimes against humanity he faces at the International Criminal Court. Activists had sought to have Uhuru Kenyatta, … read more »
Analysis of implications for the general elections Ngala Chome and Muthoni Kiguru The experience of party primaries in the Rift Valley region of Kenya, the epicenter of the 2007/08 orgy of election violence, reflects a pure experiment at ethnic brokerage … read more »
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By Maina Kiai, The Star opinion Kenyans go to the polls in three weeks to choose a new president. Memories of election violence five years ago are still strong, and justice for those crimes against humanity has yet to be … read more »
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Tagged Hague, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, kenya elections, Kenyan, Kofi Annan, Uhuru Kenyatta, United Nations Special Rapporteur, William Ruto
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By Richard Lough CReuters) – East Africa’s most powerful economy and a key regional ally in the U.S.-led war against militant Islam could next month elect a president accused of crimes against humanity, posing a diplomatic headache for Western capitals. … read more »
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It is quite easy for one to fall in love with the East African nation of Kenya. God has blessed it with great beauty. Snow top mountains, great savannahs filled with millions of wildlife creatures in their natural habitat, bustling … read more »
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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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By The Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Two prominent Kenyans accused of orchestrating deadly violence that erupted after 2007 presidential elections are calling on the International Criminal Court to delay the start of their trial. Lawyers for deputy Prime … read more »
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Tagged Francis Muthaura, Hague, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenyan, kenyan elections, Kenyan presidential election, Kenyatta, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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Kenyan Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, who the International Criminal Court has charged with atrocities, was rated the best performer in the nation’s first presidential debate, according to a survey by Ipsos-Synovate. Uhuru, who heads the Jubilee Coalition, was rated … read more »
Daniel Howden, independent Country’s two key candidates put on spot about violence that engulfed elections four years ago. With its stage dressed in red, white and blue and a blown up image of an imposing, white-pillared mansion, some Kenyans might … read more »
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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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A leading candidate insisted Monday during Kenya’s first presidential debate that the crimes against humanity charges he faces at the International Criminal Court won’t hinder his ability to run the country. The charges against Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and … read more »
By Mugambi Kiai,The Star opinion The past weekend witnessed a feat of such sporting splendour that followers of Kenya’s seven-a-side rugby team breathlessly exhilarated. After dumping rugby powerhouses South Africa (the BlitzBokke) and New Zealand (the All Blacks – and … read more »
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NAIROBI — The risk of political violence in Kenya is “perilously high” ahead of next month’s election, the first since bloody post-poll violence five years ago, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned Friday. Local communities “are arming themselves” fearing possible violence … read more »
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Tagged Human Rights Watch, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Johnnie Carson, Kenya, kenya election 2013, kenya elections, Somalia, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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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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Tagged IndepthAfricaUganda, International Criminal Court, Kalenjin, Kenya, Kikuyu, Mungiki, Nairobi, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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Kenya will hold new elections next March, the first since the 2007 vote triggered ethnic killing across the country in which at least 1,220 people died. Two senior politicians facing charges of playing a part in that violence at the … read more »
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kalonzo Musyoka, Kenya, kenyan election, kenyan news, Mwai Kibaki, Orange Democratic Movement, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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At least eight people were killed in fresh clashes in Kenya’s coastal Tana Delta region, an area where more than 100 people died in a series of attacks earlier this year, local media said on Friday. There were conflicting reports … read more »
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