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SUMMARY:Reflections on the Kenyan Elections - A Panel Discussion  - Profes
 sor John Lonsdale (Trinity College\, Cambridge)\; Professor Bruce Berman (
 Queen's University\, Ontario\; Smuts Visiting Research Fellow)\; Njoki Wam
 ai (PhD Student\, POLIS)
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CONTACT:Annette LaRocco
DESCRIPTION:On March 4th 2013\, Kenyans voted in the first election under 
 the new 2010 constitution that sought to tackle numerous causes of the pos
 t-election violence in 2008. The 2013 presidential election has proven as 
 closely contested and polarising as the controversial 2007 election\, gene
 rating anxiety among Kenyan voters\, neighbouring countries and the intern
 ational community.\n \nThe two leading coalitions at the elections are 'CO
 RD' led by Raila Odinga\, and 'Jubilee' led by Uhuru Kenyatta\, who stands
  accused before the International Criminal Court for fomenting violence in
  2008. These two popular coalitions are largely drawing on ethnicity and e
 lite support/dismissal of the ICC to mobilise voters. Despite high levels 
 of polarisation\, many Kenyans and observers expect that the reforms and s
 afeguards instituted by the new constitution and implemented by the Indepe
 ndent Electoral and Boundary Commission (IEBC) will prevent any electoral 
 crisis.\n \nThis Panel Discussion will focus on historical junctures and e
 volving contemporary events that may have an impact on the outcomes of the
  2013 elections. The panel will discuss Kenya's tumultuous political histo
 ry and the place of the 2013 elections within it\, the interaction between
  ethnicity and elections in Kenya\, and the impact of the 2008 interventio
 ns (including the AU-led mediation and ICC indictments) on the 2013 electi
 on process and results.\n \n*Professor John Lonsdale* is a Fellow at Trini
 ty College and an Emeritus Professor of Modern African History. He has bee
 n researching into Kenya's history since 1962.\n \n*Professor Bruce Berman
 * is a Professor Emeritus of Political Studies and History\, and Director 
 and Principal Investigator of the Ethnicity and Democratic Governance prog
 ram at Queen’s University\, Canada. He currently holds Smuts Visiting Re
 search Fellowship in Commonwealth Studies at the University of Cambridge.\
 n \n*Njoki Wamai* is a Gates Cambridge Scholar and an alumnus of the Afric
 a Leadership Centre. She is a doctoral candidate in Politics and Internati
 onal Studies at POLIS. She is currently exploring the impact the Kenyan me
 diation process in 2008 has had on peacebuilding.\n\nThis event is co-orga
 nised by CGHR and the Centre for African Studies.
LOCATION:Room SG2\, Alison Richard Building\, Sidgwick Site\, 7 West Rd\, 
 CB3 9DT
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