Summary
The outcome of Kenya's upcoming elections on Dec 29, 1997 remains uncertain. The election is considered a major turning point in Kenya's quest for true democracy. However, the impending event has led to political violence, civil unrest and a decline in tourism. The opposition also remains weak with no single candidate popular enough to be pitted against incumbent Pres Toroitich Daniel arap Moi who has been in power for 19 years.
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Kenya's watershed elections.
Kenya's population will be going to perhaps the most important polls in their history on December 29. What is the significance of the forthcoming election and after.
Is Kenya mature enough, its people forgiving enough, and its politicians pragmatic enough to survive the bitter upcoming election and its unknown aftermath? Is Kenya entering a stage of full democracy and a renewed period of stability? Or will it go the way of the Congo, Somalia, and the Sudan, and be ripped apart by tribal politics? The run-up to the elections have not been auspicious: political violence and civil unrest, IMF loans suspended due to government corruption, the tourist industry in a nose-dive, a general belief that Kenya is disintegrating as President Daniel Toroitich arap Moi hangs on precariously after 19 years of unquestioned power. "What's happened to ...See the full content of this document
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