The 2007-2008 Kenyan Crisis: Identity Politics and Disorder in Africa Thousands of Kenyan people were brutally‚ relentlessly‚ and mercilessly murdered because of the presidential candidate that they supported. How can such an electoral system exist and even further‚ how is it possible that such a system can be looked upon as a democracy? A country cannot be deemed legitimate‚ or function properly and in the best interest of the people‚ if the people’s voice cannot be heard and enacted through elections
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Wangari Muta Maathai was born in 1940 to a farming family in the highlands of Mount Kenya in Nyeri‚ Kenya. At a young age‚ Maathai became interested in Environmental Sciences. In 1964‚ she obtained a Biological Sciences degree from Mount St. Scholastica College in Atchison‚ Kansas. She went on to earn a Master of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1966. After receiving her Master of Science degree‚ she became the first woman from her region to obtain a Ph.D. from the University of
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Political Risk Analysis KENYA Table of contents 1. OVERVIEW 3 1.1. GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES 3 1.2. CLIMATIC CONDITIONS 3 1.3. POPULATION 4 1.4. BACKGROUND OF KENYA’S ECONOMY (1960-2010) 5 2. POLITICAL CRITERIA 8 2.1. GENERAL 8 2.2. THE POLITICAL BALANCE OF POWER 9 2.3. PRESENT GOVERNMENT AND HIS ATTITUDES AND PROGRAMS 9 2.4. POLITICAL STABILITY IN KENYA 10 3. CRITERIA RELATED TO DOMESTIC ECONOMY 11 3.1. GENERAL INFORMATION 11 3.2. GDP 11 3.3. MOST IMPORTANT SECTORS AND PRODUCTS 12 3.4
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against humanity‚ war crimes‚ and the crime of aggression. 3 Lastly‚ the case in question deals with the State of Kenya and the ICC. Background Due to alleged electoral manipulation in the 2007 presidential election and the incumbent President Mwai Kibaki declared the winner‚ mass nonviolent protests began. 4 However‚ these quickly escalated to opposition supporters going on a violent rampage killing Kikuyus in several 1 This is America and the American people wouldn’t be able to stand for its
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INTRODUCTION The increase in china’s economic and political involvement in Africa is arguably the most momentous development on the continent today. Just as China’s importance is growing in Africa so is it in its relations to Kenya. Both Kenya and China are third world countries and their relationship is refered to as south-south relations in global governance. South-south relation is a term used by historical policy makers to describe the exchange of resources‚ technology and knowledge between
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Strategy for Wealth and Employment Creation (ERS) (2003 – 2007) that saw the economic growth of the country rise from a mere 0.6% GDP in 2002 to 6.1% GDP in 2006. The Vision 2030 development process was launched by the former president H.E. President Mwai Kibaki on 30th October 2006 where a National Economic and Social Council (NESC) was formed and mandated to formulate the plan. The completed blue print was then launched on 10th June 2008 along with its first implementation plan‚ the Medium Term Plan 2008
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occur much frequently over the months in 2009. The elections in Kenya in 2007 was strongly marked by tribalism with one of the two main factions which believes the benefits and the resources are unevenly distributed showed their frustration‚ with Kibaki a member of the traditionally dominant
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Kenya: A Developing Country With the discovery of certain human fossils‚ some being over 3 million years old‚ many paleontologists believe that Kenya was the “cradle of humanity.” Currently‚ Kenya’s population is comprised of over 97 percent of people of African descent with nearly 40 ethnic groups. Lying on the equator between Ethiopia‚ Sudan‚ and Uganda‚ Kenya is located on the eastern coast of Africa. Kenya is one of the most famous safari destinations in Africa‚ attracting people from all
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INTRODUCTION Kenya is a multi-ethnic state in the southern Great Lakes region of East Africa. Kenya has a very diverse population that includes most major ethnic‚ racial and linguistic groups found in Africa. The majority of the country’s population belongs to various Bantu sub-groups‚ with a significant number of Nilotes. Kenya’s diversity is such that its largest ethnic group‚ the Kikuyu‚ make up for less than a fifth of total population. The 2009 census figures give the ethnic composition as
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PART I THE KENYAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: THE EPITOME OF IMPUNITY By Elikana Mokua Ndubi 1.1 INTRODUCTION The agitation for a new Constitution in Kenya was informed by various past historical injustices ranging from economic‚ social‚ cultural and civil to political matters. At the political level‚ issues on centralized and ironfisted governance kept popping year in year out. The passage of the Constitution of Kenya‚ 2010 on 4 August‚ 2010 and its subsequent promulgation on the 27 August‚ 2010 arguably
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