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Posted: March 5, 2008

Scholar Assesses Kenya Politics

Stephen Ndegwa. Photo Credit: Kevin Matthews Stephen Ndegwa, a visiting scholar at the UCLA Globalization Research Center - Africa and a governance specialist with the World Bank, answered your questions about the violent political dispute in Kenya and whether a recent power-sharing deal will hold.
QUESTIONS
We have had many false starts; do you think this time it's real?
Will there be confusion in governance since now we have two pots of power in Kenya?
What is the chance of real, positive constitutional reform?
Do you think the hatred that has now been created will wear off?
Do you see this as a critical benchmark for international conflict resolution?

Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga signed an agreement to create a power-sharing government on Thursday, hoping to end months of bitter negotiations and ethnically charged violence that erupted after disputed presidential elections in December.

The fighting resulted in the deaths of at least 1,000 people and forced an estimated 300,000 to flee their homes, putting Kibaki and Odinga under intense international pressure to work out a governing arrangement.

Ndegwa answered your questions about the power-sharing deal and what it means for the long-term political and ethnic divides in Kenya.


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