Publisher: Independent Review Commission
Publication Date: September 20, 2008
Publisher Website: http://www.dialoguekenya.org/
Language: en
Category: Kenya, Conflict, Peace and Security, Human Rights, Legal and Judicial Affairs
On 30 December 2007, following announcement of the presidential election results, violence broke out in several places across Kenya amid claims that the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) had rigged the presidential election. Sporadic eruptions continued for many weeks, bringing death and destruction to thousands of Kenyans. An African Union-sponsored Panel of Eminent African Personalities led by former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan brokered a settlement which heralded a government of national unity between the main political parties and a common commitment to urgent constitutional reform. The settlement included the appointment of two commissions, one to examine the violence and the other, the Independent Review Commission (IREC), to examine the December 2007 Kenyan elections from various perspectives.
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