Reflections: Kenya turns back the clock on democracy in the December 2007 election 10 Articles

by Crisford Chogugudza

The recent violent events following the aftermath of elections in the traditionally peaceful East African country of Kenya are not only disheartening, but a negation of the democratic wave sweeping across the continent. ...read more

by Daniel Onyango

The grim picture of the reversal of democratic gains in Kenya following the last presidential elections, may have been well captured by two jounalists who suggested that it was not only an unforeseen scenario, but one that...read more

by Peter Ndoria.

BETWEEN KENYA AND A BRUTAL FUTURE The unfortunate events of January this year marked a bad precedent for this nation and an opening of what might be a dark chapter for the history of K...read more

by Carolyne Mwendwa

Kenya has been a peaceful country in Africa with a very stable economy in the region until the land mark disputed election results on 27/12/2007.The announcement of re- election of President Mwai Kibaki led to violence in ...read more

by Tunde Adelakun

Ever since the president of Kenya-Mwai Kibaki messed up an election that promised to advance Kenya's prospects of joining the world's stable democracies,intense plotical violence has raised the scepter of civil war in the...read more

by James Lutaaya

KENYAN ELECTION FRACAS, A CYNOSURE OF AFRICAN POLITICS. 27/12/07 occasioned a landmark in the history of African politics. It made judicial notice of the illusion called democracy in Africa. Violence erupted in Kenya af...read more

by Marcus Brooks

Once again, the vile serpent of political corruption reared its ugly head in Africa. We've had our Nigerias, our Liberias and our Congo/Zaires. The promises of democracy are blunted by greedy despots and their army hench...read more

by Gerald Baraza

The personalities of leaders like Nguema, Idi Amin, Kamuzu Banda, Ibrahim Babangida, D.Arap Moi, Jean Bedel-Bokassa, and Mobutu Sese Seko provide fascinating patterns and models for research into the African traits and idi...read more

by Francis Wanja

"Master and slaves, all men are created equal, absolute right to life, absolute right to freedom, absolute right to worship and absolute right to fight." No man is greater than another ad none less than the other. When ...read more

by John Ambuli

ELLECTION VIOLENCE IN KENYA A meeting of the party for national unity of the out going president Mwai Emilio Kibaki that was held at the Kericho uhuru gardens in Kericho town ended up in chaos and the riot police h...read more