Seminar: Kenya in 2013: the Elections, the Constitution and the Jubilee Government - lessons from the first 6 months

This seminar will examine the 2013 general elections in Kenya. Charles Hornsby (D.Phil. in Kenyan politics, Oxford) will present a (so far unpublished) comparative analysis of five of the six simultaneous elections, e.g. for president, senators and MP's. What do they tell us about the viability of the results and about the underlying basis of support for the Jubilee coalition (i.e. 'why Uhuru won')? Hornsby will discuss events since April, focussing on the transfer of power to local authorities, the new 'non-political' ministerial structure and developments at the International Criminal Court. Why do the results of the election remain contested, and how are those doubts played back into the political sphere, both domestically and via international opinion?

This is an ASC Africa Today seminar, which means that the seminar focuses on current events. This type of seminar is meant for a general audience and there will be no paper and no discussant.