African Arguments
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Kenya 2013: CORD begins to show the strain – By Magnus Taylor
Nairobi, Thurs 7th March, 8.54pm We don’t know who’s going to win Kenya’s Presidential election 3 days after voting took place. The results from ... -
Understanding Kenya’s rejected ballots – By Aly Verjee
Kenya’s future now turns on the technicalities of electoral law. As Katrina Manson of the Financial Times and Jason Straziuso and Rodney Muhumza of ... -
Technical problems threatening to spoil Kenya’s smooth election process – By Solomon Ayele Dersso
Kenya too much of the lessons of 2007/2008 to heart. First, the institutions and processes for conducting the election were thoroughly followed to deliver ... -
Kenya 2013: of watching and waiting at Bomas and Westlands – By Magnus Taylor
Bomas of Kenya has, for the last 2 days, been the official location of Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission for its coordination and ... -
A Bold Bill for change opens up the Debate on Nigeria’s Oil Industry – By Dele Meiji Fatunla
Ever since Nigeria’s first oil find at Olobiri in 1956, the question of who should benefit and pay for the costs and consequences of ... -
Kenya 2013: rise of the six-piece suit – By Andrew Green
Though the presidential race is getting most of the attention, when voters go to the polls today, they will be voting for more than ... -
Kenya 2013: the art of the grin and shimmy – By Magnus Taylor
Nairobi 03/03/2013 I’ve talked to a lot of people since I’ve been in Nairobi. To the taxi driver and policeman; the journalists at the ... -
A rich man’s game: elections, violence and the urban poor in Nairobi – By Jeremy Lind
Kenyans go to the polls for national elections on Monday March 4th for the first time since a conflagration of violence swept the country ... -
Kenya: In praise of the minimalist President – By Magnus Taylor
28/02/2013, Nairobi It’s a cliché, but the first thing I experienced coming back to Nairobi this time around was the traffic. Two hours of ... -
Kenya between hope and despair. Again – By Daniel Branch
Many Kenyans will go to the polls on 4 March with a sense of trepidation. Three of the four elections since 1992 have been ...
