Kenya After the Elections
Nairobi/Brussels | 15 May 2013
Though the 2013 general elections were relatively peaceful, Kenya is still deeply divided and ethnically polarised.
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“The new government has the opportunity to usher in an era of peace and socio-economic development that would benefit all communities and unite the country”
EJ Hogendoorn, Crisis Group’s Africa Program Deputy Director
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Read here: http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/publication-type/media-releases/2013/africa/kenya-after-the-elections.aspx?utm_source=kenya-sm&utm_medium=2&utm_campaign=sm
Kenya After the Elections, the latest briefing from the International Crisis Group,examines the 4 March elections that saw Jubilee Coalition’s Uhuru Kenyatta declared president. Despite various shortcomings and allegations of irregularities, Kenyans averted a repeat of the 2007-2008 post-election violence. However, the conflict drivers that triggered the 2007 bloodshed, including a culture of impunity, land grievances, corruption, ethnic tensions, weak institutions and regional and socio-economic inequality,have yet to be addressed adequately.
Full report: http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/africa/horn-of-africa/kenya/b094-kenya-after-the-elections.pdf
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