The Political Economy of Reforms in Kenya: The Post-2007 Election Violence and a New Constitution
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2012Author
Kanyinga, Karuti
Long, James D
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This article explores the package of “Agenda item 4” reforms undertaken by the Kenyan government in the mediation process following the 2007–8 postelection violence, including those relating to long-standing issues over constitutional revision. It situates the previous lack of reforms within Kenya’s political economy and demonstrates how political and economic interests thwarted progress and produced the postelection crisis. It also examines the more recent attempts to address reforms following the signing of the National Accord and the creation of a power-sharing government, and finds strong public support for constitutional revision. It concludes that these pressures from below, along with a realignment of political interests and institutional change from power-sharing, helped support reform
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African Studies Review Volume 55, Number 1, April 2012 pp. 31-51 |Publisher
Institute of diplomacy and international studies, University of Nairobi