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With Uhuru Kenyatta leaving office to make way for a new leader, it was always going to be an eventful year for Kenya.
The ICC can still reopen cases against President William Ruto and his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta if it lands solid evidence.
Odinga’s legal petitions have entrenched the rule of law and and deepened democracy in Kenya.
The 2022 election proved that the country’s situation and its people have changed since the violence that marred past elections.
The division within the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, the fact that the race was very close, and turnout was relatively low may increase incentives to challenge the results.
Kenya is not unlike any other country where democratic deepening requires a ‘two-steps forward, one-step back’ outlook.
Research in Kenya finds victims or witnesses to violence are less likely to buy into anti-International Criminal Court political narratives.
Kenya’s ethnic-based politics often leads to electoral violence that hurts regional trade.
The country’s courts have already exhibited a significant level of maturity in rulings touching on the executive.
To predict - and prevent - election-related violence, it’s important to first understand the key drivers of conflict.
Every five years, underlying ethnic rivalries are rekindled through songs, words, euphemisms, epithets and slurs.
Odinga is considered a master strategist, sometimes populist and excellent mobiliser.
As an outlier in Kenya’s political power matrix, Ruto was elbowed out by the establishment. But he has somersaulted back by appealing directly to the masses.
Elites have strong incentives to foment violence. The way they speak about election issues in the media can inflame tensions.
For the ICC, the case against Paul Gicheru represents the possibility for the court to clock a win where so far it has only suffered losses.
Constitutional amendments sought to make it easy for Kenyatta and Odinga to craft a broad tribal coalition against the deputy president.
The changes proposed by the initiative are were well-addressed in the country’s 2010 Constitution.
Our findings suggest that it is time to take Kenyan youth seriously as politically important actors.
Radio stations with audiences at the grassroots have a key role to play in times of election violence.
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Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham
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Professor, Weber State University
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Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Warwick
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for PanAfrican Thought and Conversation (IPATC), University of Johannesburg
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PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Nairobi
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Associate professor, Uppsala University
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Professor of History, Durham University
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Associate professor, Finance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Assistant Professor in Political Science, Trinity College Dublin
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Associate Senior Research Fellow, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
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Lecturer, School of Journalism, University of Nairobi
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Associate Professor International Law, Roskilde University
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PhD Candidate in Politics and International Studies, University of Adelaide
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PhD Candidate in Political Economy, SMC University
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PhD Candidate, Justice Studies, Charles Sturt University
