Civil conflict, power-sharing, truth and reconciliation (2005–2013)

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ID23615433
AuthorsJames D Long (University of Washington, corresponding author)
EditorsNic Cheeseman (0000-0002-0922-7514), Karuti Kanyinga (0000-0002-6445-9801), Gabrielle Lynch (0000-0003-3669-1969)
Year2020
Pages81-95
Publication date2020-02-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueOxford Handbook of Kenyan Politics (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198815693.013.5
OpenAlexW3016418322
ISBN9780198815693
LanguageEN
Citations received2

This chapter reviews the events emanating from Mwai Kibaki’s first presidential term and the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) government’s dissolution after failed constitutional revision in 2005. This period includes the rise of a new political opposition, which, organized around Raila Odinga and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), contested against Kibaki’s Party of National Unity (PNU) in the 2007 election. The dynamics and aftermath of that election are examined, including allegations by ODM of PNU rigging and the resulting post-election violence. This crisis led to a stalemate between ODM and PNU, which was only resolved after international mediation and the formation of a Government of National Unity. The unity government achieved progress on a variety of reforms, including a new constitution in 2010. However, this period was also marked by stalled progress on other fronts, and by political dynamics that Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto would leverage in their race for executive office in 2013.

Constitution · Democracy · Opposition (politics) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential election · Presidential system · Sociology · Stalemate · African Studies and Geopolitics · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Public Administration

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