dc.contributor.author | Wakhungu, Juma | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-25T15:17:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-11-25T15:17:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Master Of Arts In International Studies, The Institute Of Diplomacy And International studies (idis), University Of Nairobi, 2013 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/60179 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study is designed to assess Kenya’s mediation role in the Sudan peace process. The
broad objective of the study is to assess the role that Kenya played in this process with a
view to drawing useful lessons. The study adopts a theoretical framework based on the
theory of mediation of Adam Curle. The data that forms the core of this study is drawn
from both primary and secondary sources.
It is established that the success of the mediation process in Sudan was largely due to the
support that Kenya received from the international community particularly the United
States of America. The study explores strategies, issues at stake and the challenges that
were to be surmounted in order to reach a peace deal. The study establishes that although
the mediation process was under the auspices of IGAD, Kenya took a leading role
because by that time she was the chair of IGAD and was willing to offer herself to
mediate an end to the protracted conflict in the Sudan. It is further established that the
parties to the conflict accepted Kenya’s leadership role because of her international
stature as a neutral and sober state compared to her neighbours some of whom had openly
taken sides in the conflict.
This study has shown that mediators should be people who have the expertise and the
experience necessary to navigate such fragile processes to achieve desired results.
The study concludes that President Moi played an important role in bringing to the
negotiation table warring parties and that without his political acumen; the process would
not have succeeded. The study also affirms that the study objectives were achieved and
that Kenya’s continued engagement in Sudan has been largely in South Sudan with. This
has gradually eroded Kenya’s influence in that process thus paving the way for Thabo
Mbeki to become a lead mediator commissioned by the African Union. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi, | en |
dc.title | Kenya’s Mediation in the Sudan Peace Process | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
local.publisher | Institute Of Diplomacy And International Studies, | en |