Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 06/2013

Kenya After the Elections

May 2013

International Crisis Group

Abstract

"Kenya After the Elections", the latest briefing from the International Crisis Group, examines the 4 March elections that saw Jubilee Coalition’s Uhuru Kenyatta declared president. Despite various shortcomings and allegations of irregularities, Kenyans averted a repeat of the 2007-2008 post-election violence. However, the conflict drivers that triggered the 2007 bloodshed, including a culture of impunity, land grievances, corruption, ethnic tensions, weak institutions and regional and socio-economic inequality, have yet to be addressed adequately.