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SUMMARY:What's next for Kenya after the 2017 Elections? The good\, the bad
  and the ugly - Njoki Wamai (CGHR\, POLIS\, University of Cambridge)\, Pat
 rick Mutahi (University of Edinburgh)\, Kamau Wairuri (University of Edinb
 urgh) 
DTSTART:20171108T170000Z
DTEND:20171108T183000Z
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CONTACT:Romy Schirrmeister
DESCRIPTION:After a divisive electoral campaign between the incumbent Uh
 uru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga in Kenya\, a general elec
 tion was held on August 8\, 2017. Three weeks later\, in an unprecedented 
 move the Kenyan Supreme Court annulled the election due to “irregula
 rities and illegalities“. Despite disagreements on how best to fix the S
 upreme Court’s concerns after the annulment and the decision to pull out
  of the election by the opposition leader Raila Odinga\, the electoral bo
 dy organised a repeat election on October 26\, 2017. Uhuru Kenyatta w
 as declared the winner with 38% support from ethnic groups  supporting th
 e Jubilee coalition. This was followed by widespread celebrations among Ke
 nyatta's supporters as well as protests and police brutality from the regi
 ons supporting the opposition. The repeat election has been called a sham 
 and the low voter turnout is likely to undermine Uhuru Kenyatta's credibil
 ity. \n\nThe panel with three Kenyan academics will discuss the concerns a
 nd issues arising from the 2017 general and presidential elections within 
 the context of long history of contested citizenship in Kenya.\n\n*Speaker
 s:*\n\n*Dr Njoki Wamai* is a post doctoral researcher at the Centre for Go
 vernance and Human Rights(CGHR) at POLIS\, University of Cambridge. She ha
 s recently completed her PhD as a Gates Cambridge Scholar on everyday pol
 itics of intervention after the International Criminal Court(ICC) investi
 gations in Kenya. She was previously a researcher with several think tanks
  and advocacy organisations in Kenya and is an alumnus of the Africa Leade
 rship Centre(ALC) at Kings College London and the University of Nairobi. S
 he is also a regular commentator on politics in The Daily Nation in Kenya\
 , This is Africa Blog and The Conversation.\n\n*Patrick Mutahi* is current
 ly a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh\, Centre for African Studi
 es. He is also a Research Fellow at the Centre for Human Rights and Policy
  Studies\, a security policy think tank based in Nairobi. Patrick has wide
 ly researched on issues of terrorism\, violence\, Governance\, Politics an
 d published in national newspapers\, policy reports and journals.\n\n*Kam
 au Wairuri*  is a  researcher  and a political analyst\, currently p
 ursuing a PhD in African Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He teach
 es public policy at Strathmore University in Nairobi and is also a column
 ist with the Standard on Sunday commenting on Political and Policy issues.
  He holds an MSc in African Studies from the University of Oxford and a Ba
 chelor of Arts degree (Political Science) from the University of Nairobi.\
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LOCATION: Room S1\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, CB
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