Kenya: Ethnic Hostilities Blamed On Winner-Takes-All System

The Constitution, passed in 2010 to address the many ills that brought the country to the brink of civil war two years earlier, could be responsible for the sharp rise in ethnic animosities.

Scholars and peace activists say the winner-takes-all political system in the new law has created and entrenched a feeling of exclusion among the followers of politicians who lost the 2013 General Election.

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