Suchergebnisse

In December 1992 General elections marked an important step for the people of Kenya in their struggle for democracy. The National Election Monitoring Unit (NEMU) is an umbrella body consisting of four groups charged with inter alia election observance of the 1992 General Elections. It comprises (1) the National Ecumenical Civic Education Programme (NECEP); (2) the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA); (3) the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Kenya Section; and (4) the Professional Committee for Democratic Change (PCDC). NEMU set up a broad observation strategy to cover the long-term run-up to the elections, the conduct of the authorities, the political parties, the Electoral Commission, the media and the actual conduct of the electoral process, from polling to vote counting. (DÜI-Hff)

Over the last 18 months, Kenya has been gripped in a cycle of violence and destruction affecting parts of the Rift Valley, Nyanza and Western Provinces. This report discusses the current situation since the elections in December 1992, and analyses the Kenyan government's response and reaction to the systematic pattern of violence. It attempts to decipher the possible reasons for the terror and the reasons why the state has been unable and/or unwilling to contain it. In addition, it examines the extent to which self-defensive options have been pursued in the face of state apathy, and the implications of such resistance. (DÜI-Hff)