Post election violence in Kenya : facts and figures

The table of contents for this item can be shared with the requester. The requester may then choose one chapter, up to 10% of the item, as per the Fair Dealing provision of the Canadian Copyright ActA country-wide survey captured regional dynamics in Kenya that resulted in post-election violence. The regions are divided as Nyanza, Western, North Rift, Central Rift, Nairobi and Coast. The study links the post-election conflict to underlying issues in Kenyan society. It argues that the root cause of violence was unequal resource distribution manifesting itself in various ways; for example, an exclusive constitution which takes care of elites while neglecting common people and weaker institutions like the judiciary. The immediate cause of post-election violence has been attributed to the rigging of presidential election results announced by the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK)