Kenyan Violence by Ethnic Region
See here for a review of all violence by years and ethnicity, concentrating on the big 5: Kikuyu, Kalenjin, Luo, Giryama and Turkana
Kenyan Violence by County
Race for governor seats are contentious as the constitution has given these districts considerable power. See map for comparison between normal and 2013 rates of violence.
Mombassa Republican Council Boycotts Election
Mombasa Republican Council has declared the coast an independent republic and called for a boycott of next week’s presidential election. The group has also been accused of scare tactics and violence on the coast, in the period leading up to the elections. The boycott has important implications for Odinga, who is believed to have support…
Al Jazeera’s Complete Coverage of Kenyan Election
Al Jazeera has developed a great website to discuss the upcoming election. On it, candidate resumes, video of ongoing preparations, updates on the ICC dilemma and comments on recent debate http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/kenya2013/
Explaining the New and the Old in Kenyan Election Violence
Andrew Linke- University of Colorado Kenyan election violence is not new, as academic and policy-oriented observers recognize. The nuances of each bout of electoral conflict reveal – and are informed by – important social trends in the country. Political contexts at the national level, and among localities within regions of the country, determine the realities…
Kenyan Violence Patterns: Past and Present
This graph is a review of the 1997-2012 violence patterns juxtaposed with January-February 2013 violence patterns and locations. In it, we see that violence patterns have intensified considerably in the first part of this year, although not all directly attributable to the upcoming election. There is little doubt about the geography of violence- throughout the…
Contingency Planning in Kenya- Barken
Joel D. Barkan on what might happen from Monday http://www.cfr.org/kenya/electoral-violence-kenya/p29761
Gettlemen on Kenya for NYT
Jeffrey Gettlemen discusses recent Kenyan violence in Tana River region as being indicative of things to come. The reason? The recently approved Kenyan constitution makes the county governor position much more powerful, and the main receiver of state funds. Hence, competition in local elections is heating up. Indeed, most of the additional violence in the…
Real-Time Map of Kenyan Political Violence
For the duration of the 2013 election period, ACLED will provide real time updates, visuals and analysis of any political violence within Kenya. See below for maps, information, commentary and links. [button link=”https://acled.spatialkey.com/public/#/report/8a808c8b3cfacf1d013d03cbff330b54″ color=”#50b6e2″ size=”1″ style=”1″ dark=”0″ radius=”auto” target=”blank”]Enlarge Map[/button] Kenyan Recent and Past Violence Powered by Tableau Below are brief reviews of the previous…