Hope for Kenya
Thinking Kenyan is hopeful after watching Congress’s investigation into the election… theft? debacle? disaster?... that occurred there in December.
The recommendation pushed by Mr. Kiai is only just now beginning to make sense to me. He proposes that the Koffi Annan team continues with the talks with the objective of having a transitional government in Place with Kibaki and Raila sharing power, and tasked with the responsibility of facilitating the enactment of a new constitution that has been debated and variously referred to as the Bomas draft or the Naivasha accord. The transitional government should not be in place for more than two years and should formulate a way to have a truth and justice and reconciliation process after the elections have been held. It is important, according to the KNHRC that elections are held to re-affirm Kenya’s belief in the electoral and democratic practices.
There’s lots of good background information, so read the entire thing.
And it appears that both parties have reached a powersharing agreement as well.
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