Kenya’s next general election is slated for August 8 this year. As the country prepares for the polls, there are fears that political tensions will result in violence. Will history repeat itself?
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Kenyan voters queue to cast their ballots during the 2013 general election.
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Voters queue to cast their ballots during presidential and parliamentary elections in 2013.
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As party primaries have kicked off in Kenya in the run-up to the county’s general election in August, the ghost of violence past has reared its ugly head causing deep divisions along tribal lines.
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Susan Appe, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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