Determining the factors that affect womens participation electoral politics in kenya. Articles on kenya elections displaying 1 20 of 47 articles kenyas supreme court upholds president uhuru kenyattas election victory following a rerun in 2017. The aim of this thesis is to illustrate, using the kenyan case, the power of the masses. Their restriction to manual labor and other simple routine tasks kept. Ndiritu an investigation to nurses attitude towards hiv\ aids patients clients. The icc and the situation in kenya is an indepth analysis of the patterns and predictions revolving around the criminal cases of president uhuru kenyatta, deputy president william ruto, and joshua arap sang at the international criminal court.
Nature of the violence the majority of kenyas postelection violence took place in january and february, 2008. Mukhisa kituyi, the secretary general of united nations conference on trade and development, was concerned with the effect of the political campaigns on kenyas economy. Preventing postelection violence based on the kenyan. Like its three predecessors, the 2009 symposium was part of eisas contribution to building democracy and advancing democratic governance, human rights, peace and citizen participation in africa. The 2007 postelection violence in kenya, however, was of a different magnitude. The fighting resulted in 1,3 casualties, at least 350,000 internally displaced persons idps, approximately 2,000 refugees, significant, but unknown, numbers of sexual violence victims, and the destruction of 117,216 private properties and 491 governmentowned. The basic principles of r2p are that state sovereignty implies responsibility, and a. Constraints of implementing free secondary education in. Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the msc development studies. How to write a kenya masters thesis proposal outline in one of kenya university. Kenya elections news, research and analysis the conversation. Guaranteeing the independence of election management. A recent study using data from more than 50 african elections from 2011 to 2017, showed that almost all these elections had cases of electoral violence at some stage of the poll kewir et gabriel 2018.
A research thesis proposal template is attached to help you write a wining proposal for funding. Constraints of implementing free secondary education in mandera west subcounty, mandera county, kenya mohammed abdi adan and john aluko orodho mohammed abdi adan is a doctorate student in the department of educational management, policy and curriculum studies, school of education, kenyatta university, nairobi, kenya. A country known for its widespread election violence is kenya. Certifies that this is the approved version of the following thesis. This research explores initiatives believed to have played a role in the prevention of electoral violence in kenyas 20 general elections. Kenya and south africa have established embs to manage elections in accordance with the universal declaration on human rights udhr, the international covenant on civil and political rights iccpr and the organisation for african unityafrican union oauau declaration of 2002. The main source of information is through primary and secondary data. This academic research proposal format explains what is required in each chapter of the write up. Establishing the positions women occupy in political leadership in kenya.
Intending to contribute to ongoing debates on electoral violence prevention, the study focuses on brokerage dynamics of violence prevention at the community level, as a way of understanding the. Kenya by examining the results of 1992 and 1997 multiparty elections. Womens political participation and economic empowerment in postconflict countries 3 tribute to jeanne darc mihigo jeanne darc mihigo, member of the research team in rwanda and coauthor of the rwandan case study, died tragically in the crash of the hewa bora airways flight in kisangani, in the democratic republic of congo, in july 2011. It is this picture of africa as an emerging democratic continent from decades of brutal dictatorship and the massive economic mismanagement and social misery of the 1970s and 1980s, into an era of regular elections and. Preventing and managing violent electionrelated conflict in africa. Ethnic conflicts during elections in kenya have continued to generate confusion.
An abstract of the dissertation of name of student, for the doctor of philosophy degree in major field, presented on date of defense, at southern illinois university car. The declaration on the principles governing democratic elections in africa, adopted in july 2002, is the attempt by the african union to encourage the independence of these institutions. Analysis of country kenya introduction the republic of kenya is located in the south of the sahara, one of an advanced economy and peaceful country in east and central africa. Kenyan president uhuru kenyatta has won a second fiveyear term, the countrys electoral commission announced friday. In addition, the most recent elections in both ethiopia 2005 and zimbabwe 2008 saw scores killed. Postelection violence in kenya and its aftermath center. The aim of this thesis is to illustrate, using the kenyan case, the power of the masses and how this power can be exercised for both good and evil. See here for more information on specific issues facing the candidates during the election.
Effect of elections on kenyas economy africa portal. Kiiru perspectives on indigenous therapeutic interventions on death and bereavement in kenya. However, recent elections in kenya and zimbabwe have exposed the inherent weaknesses of the current system. Issues examined included the role of television participation in general elections in tanzania that occurred as a result of political development between 2005 and 2010,the nature of the stories reported and aired concerning the general elections of 2005 and 2010and the impact. In the philippines, 75 people were killed prior to the may 2007 elections, while 80 others were wounded in election violence. Womens political participation and economic empowerment. On december 27, 2007, millions of kenyans went to the polls in kenyas fourth multiparty elections, with the hope of strengthening the institutions of democracy and, most importantly in the view of many observers, of bringing change. This thesis examines the kenyan governments goks increasingly responsive strategy, and its implementation, in combating transnational terrorism focusing on the case studies of the 1998 us embassy bombing and the 2002 terrorist attacks in mombasa, kenya.
An introduction, journal of eastern african studies, 2. Pdf this article sets out to analyse the role and impact of monetary power in kenyas presidential. Higher diploma in counselling and masters degree thesis and dissertation. Any other person may use aspects of this guideline to enhance their academic proposal writing skills without any obligations. He asked kenyans to reduce political temperatures in the country and focus more on growing its economy. When the electoral commission of kenya eck a few days later announced the winner to be the sitting president mwai kibaki, the country was plunged into a deep political, security and humanitarian crisis. Kenyas 2007 post election violence surface syracuse.
Lise howard, phd abstract the responsibility to protect r2p doctrine is a concept that was formally introduced in 2001. The impact of ethnic conflict on economic development. The elections in kenya, ethiopia and zimbabwe were. Kenya is representative of a growing trend across africa whereby multiparty elections are associated with violence. This thesis is about the 2007 electoral violence in kenya. This is the first in a twopart series discussing the 2017 kenyan elections. In the runup to the 1992 elections, clashes between supporters of. General elections were held in kenya on 8 august 2017 to elect the president, members of parliament and devolved governments the published results showed that incumbent president uhuru kenyatta of the jubilee party had been reelected with 54% of the vote.
Kenya was in the process of holding its third multiparty elections following the reintroduction of multi. This thesis explains the postelection violence in kenya 20078 by structurally testing. Factors affecting women participation in electoral. The icc and the situation in kenya university of washington. The risk of violence is especially evident when incumbents propose referenda or parliamentary. However, his main opponent, raila odinga of the orange democratic movement, refused to accept the results and contested them in the. Media, elections and political violence in eastern africa. The thesis looks into the role of social media during the postelection violence in 20072008 and the elections of 20. The paper espoused the theory of franchise as postulated by various school of thought such as the natural school, with writers like montesquieu and rousseau, while the other school is of the view that the. Violence still plagues approximately 20 to 25 percent of elections in africa. Armstrong 2006 states that conflict management is the ability of an organization to identify the.
The article focuses on the five presidential elections kenya has held since its first multiparty dispensation. The chapter discusses some scholarly works on contextual concepts, historical ethnic divisions in kenya and the origin of political parties. This thesis is my original work and has not been presented for a degree in any. Examining the success and failure of multiethnic coalition. The collaboration began in september 2002 following a request by the department to the foundation for support to hold a workshop on the politics of transition in kenya. Conflict analysis of 2007 postelection violence in kenya. And this is only likely to increase as social media continues to act as a key source of information, with limited checks and balances in place. On 27 december 2007, kenya held its fourth multiparty elections since the democratic opening in the early 1990s.
Roberts september, 2009 abstract kenya has been riddled with conflict and violence throughout its brief history as a nation. Kenyan presidential candidates since 1992 to influence and win elections. Ethnicity and political pluralism in kenya shilaho westen kwatemba shilaho kwatemba is a phd candidate in the political studies department, university of the witwatersrand, johannesburg email. How to write a kenya masters thesis proposal outline.