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Title Kenya's 2013 General Election : Stakes, Practices and Outcomes / edited by Kimani Njogu and Peter Wafula Wekesa
Published Nairobi, Kenya : Twaweza Communications, Ltd., [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (383 pages) : illustrations
Contents Foreword / Katrin Seidel, Kimani Njogu -- Introduction / Kimani Njogu, Peter Wafula Wekesa -- The Land Question and Voting Patterns in Kenya / Patricia Kameri-Mbote -- The Triumph of Ethnic Identity over Ideology in the 2013 General Election in Kenya / Adams Oloo -- Political Party Organisation in Kenya and the 2013 Elections: What Lessons for Democracy and Inclusion? / Felix Kiruthu -- Political Parties and Coalition Politics in Kenyan General Election(s): The 2013 Presidential and General Elections / P. Anyang’ Nyong’o -- Insecurity and Election Outcomes: The Case of Kenya in 2013 General Elections / Musambayi Katumanga -- Explaining and Mitigating Elections-Related Violence and Human Rights Violations in Kenya / Mutuma Ruteere & Kamau Wairuri -- The Circus Comes to Town: Performance, Religion and Exchange in Political Party Campaigns / Joyce Nyairo -- The Geopolitics of International Justice: ICC and Kenya’s 2013 Presidential Election / Peter Kagwanja -- From Sinners to Saints?: The ICC and Jubilee’s Triumph in Kenya’s 2013 Election / Thomas P. Wolf -- The ICC and Kenya’s 2013 Elections: A Perspective from Kenyan Newspapers Editorial Cartoons / Sammy Gakero Gachigua -- Cartoons / Godfrey Mwampembwa (Gado) -- Photos / Boniface Mwangi -- IEBC and Kenya’s 2013 Elections: Reform, Conform or Temporary Ceasefire? / Peter Wafula Wekesa -- Somewhere between Truth and Peace: Understanding the News Coverage of Kenya’s 2013 Elections / Nicholas Benequista -- Information Technology, the State and the Voter in the Kenyan Election of 2013 / Warigia Bowman & Grace Githaiga -- Tyranny Beyond Numbers: Political Ecologies that Influence Elections / George Omondi -- Electoral justice in Kenya: Resolving Disputes in a New Democratic Dispensation / J. B. Ojwang -- Exclusionary Practices in the Elections of March 2013 in Kenya: How Gender Issues were Negotiated by Leaders and Voters / Jacqueline Adhiambo Oduol -- Negotiated Democracy: A Double-Barrelled Sword / Winnie V. Mitullah -- Reforming the Electoral and Governance System in Kenya: "The Mixed-Member Proportional Representation with Consociational Safeguards" / Michael Chege
Summary When voters enthusiastically turn up to cast their vote during general elections, they expect that their action would meaningfully change their lives. But in most of Africa, even when elections are held on a regular basis, voters are quite often disappointed by the performance of their leaders who use the new positions as an opportunity to loot public resources and consolidate power. It is almost as if elections are of minimal value to the populace. Notwithstanding this trend, when they are free and fair, general elections can be transformative. They can bring into the political arena men and women of integrity committed to service and account-ability. Inspired by the determination to have inclusive governance and the advancement of democracy, Kenya's 2013 General Election: Stakes, Practices and Outcomes asks important questions related to political participation, coalition building, politics of identity, the international criminal court, electoral systems and institutions, and the judiciary. The papers are written by mainly Kenyan academics and civil society actors who examine the drivers of the 2013 general elections and the sources of the mandate to lead.This book is part of publications by Twaweza Communications on democratic practice and accountable governance in Kenya
Notes "A project by Twaweza Communications and Heinrich Boll Stiftung."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 27, 2018)
Subject Elections -- Kenya -- 21st century
African history.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
Elections
Politics and government
SUBJECT Kenya -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Subject Kenya
Form Electronic book
Author Njogu, Kimani, editor.
Wekesa, Peter Wafula, editor.
LC no. 2015333111
ISBN 9966028722
9789966028723