Kenya’s Past as Prologue
Voters, Violence and the 2013 General Election
During the run-up to Kenya’s 2013 general elections, crucial political and civic questions were raised. Could past mistakes, especially political and ethnic-related violence, be avoided this time round? Would the spectre of the 2007 post-electoral violence positively or negatively affect debates and voting? How would politicians, electoral bodies such as the IEBC, the Kenyan civil society, and the international community weigh in on the elections? More generally, would the 2013 elections bear ...
Éditeur : Africae, Twaweza Communications
Lieu d’édition : Nairobi
Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 15 décembre 2020
ISBN numérique : 978-2-9573058-3-4
Collection : Africae Studies
Année d’édition : 2014
ISBN (Édition imprimée) : 978-9966-028-51-8
Nombre de pages : 264
Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle, Katrin Seidel et Kimani Njogu
ForewordChristian Thibon, Marie-Aude Fouéré, Mildred Ndeda et al.
IntroductionKenya’s 2013 General Election: A National Event Set Between ‘The Inescapable’ and ‘The Unforeseeable’
Mathieu Mérino
The 4 March 2013 General. Elections in Kenya: From Latent Tension to Contained ViolenceLisa Fuchs
Political Integration of Minority Communities: The Ogiek of Eastern Mau Forest in the 2013 ElectionsYonatan N. Gez et Tanya Alvis
Bishop Margaret Wanjiru and the 2013 Kenyan Elections: Between Politics of the Spirit and Expanding EntrepreneurshipMwongela Kamencu
Role of Election Observers: Diplomatic Bias and the Findings of The Kenyan 2013 ElectionEric Rosana Masese
Negotiating History for Negotiated Democracy in 2013 election: A Case Study of Kisii County, KenyaPatrick Mbataru
Twitting Votes: The Middle Class and the 2013 Elections in KenyaJoseph Misati Akuma
The Quest for New Political Leadership in the South Rift, KenyaSusan Mwangi
Kikuyu-Kalenjin Relations in IDP Camps and the 2013 Elections: An Invitation to ‘The’ ConversationWycliffe Nyachoti Otiso
An Evaluation of Political Mobilization Strategies Employed by Vigilante Groups in Kisii County during the 2013 Kenyan ElectionsGeorge Odhiambo Okoth et Gordon Onyango Omenya
New Constitution, Odingaism and the State of Internal Democracy in Orange Democratic Movement and its Effects on the 2013 Elections in Kenya
During the run-up to Kenya’s 2013 general elections, crucial political and civic questions were raised. Could past mistakes, especially political and ethnic-related violence, be avoided this time round? Would the spectre of the 2007 post-electoral violence positively or negatively affect debates and voting? How would politicians, electoral bodies such as the IEBC, the Kenyan civil society, and the international community weigh in on the elections? More generally, would the 2013 elections bear witness to the building up of an electoral culture in Kenya, characterized by free and fair elections, or would it show that voting is still weakened by political malpractices, partisan opinions and emotional reactions? Would Kenya’s past be inescapable or would it prepare the scene for a new political order?
Kenya’s Past as Prologue adopts a multidisciplinary perspective - mainly built upon field-based ethnography and a selection of case studies - to answer these questions. Under the leadership of the French Institute for Research in Africa (Institut français de recherche en Afrique, IFRA), political scientists, historians and anthropologists explore various aspects of the electoral process to contribute in-depth analyses of the last elections. They highlight the structural factors underlying election and voting in Kenya including the political system, culture and political transition. They also interrogate the short-term trends and issues that influence the new political order. The book provides insight into specific case studies, situations and contexts, thus bringing nuances and diversity into focus to better assess Kenya’s evolving electoral democracy.
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