Blogs about: 2007 Election
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On Taxes and Teabaggers
by jhwygirl Teabaggers around the states today celebrated whatever it is they celebrated by getting out and protesting whatever it is they’re protesting. On Keith Olbermann’s show tonight,… more →
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Warnings to Take Seriously for Kenya's March Election . . . and something to enjoy
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wrote 4 months ago: The Council on Foreign Relations has just published a “Contingency Planning Memorandum No. 17 … more →
Freedom of Information Series (Part Eleven): Better to Learn More Lessons from Kenya's Last Election After the Next One?
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wrote 4 months ago: Back last May I had checked in with the State Department’s Freedom of Information Office about … more →
When did Ruto and Uhuru fight? And why is the "Uhuruto" alliance allegedly so surprising?
wrote 5 months ago: Today is the third anniversary of the “AfriCommons Blog”, so let me celebrate by being a … more →
Mimiko's re-election: in a land of overbearing "federalism", has Nigeria arrived at one-man, one vote, courtesy President Jonathan?
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wrote 7 months ago: The widespread acknowledgement by most that the recent governorship election in Ondo State was free … more →
Expanded: Didn't we learn from the disaster in 2007? Kenya does not need to be anyone's "model" anything; it does need truth in its election
wrote 9 months ago: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (center) walks with Kenyan Minister of Agriculture Wi … more →
Part Ten--FOIA Documents from Kenya's 2007 Election--Ranneberger at the ECK: "[M]uch can happen between the casting of votes and final tabulation of ballots and it did"
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wrote 1 year ago: Another document released to me from my FOIA request to the State Department for documentation of th … more →
The Michuki Rule
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wrote 1 year ago: Much is being said and written about John Michuki with his passing this week. The best I have read … more →
Wikileaks: more on HRW and the coup IV
wrote 1 year ago: This is the fifth of our posts on Human Rights Watch and the events that unfolded following the 200 … more →
Wikileaks: more on HRW and the coup IV
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wrote 1 year ago: This is the fifth of our posts on Human Rights Watch and the events that unfolded following the 200 … more →
ICC Confirms Charges Against Four (Ruto, Sang, Kenyatta, Muthaura)--Drops Cases Against Two (Kosgey, Ali)
wrote 1 year ago: The 4 and 2 split is consistent with speculation I was hearing last fall at the African Studies Asso … more →
On 'Post-Election Violence'
wrote 1 year ago: The term “post-election violence” is uttered often enough in Kenya that its meaning becomes diminish … more →
Part Four--Lessons from the 2007 Kenyan Election and new FOIA cables
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wrote 1 year ago: See Part One, Two and Three of this series. And the full Freedom of Information Act Series. Also see … more →
The surreal world of the Democrat Party
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wrote 1 year ago: PPT hasn’t looked at the Thai-language media yet this morning, but it not a surprise that the Bangko … more →
Kibaki's PNU seeks Government Control over Political Opinion Polls [Updated]
wrote 2 years ago: From the Star, “Ban Opinion Polls — PNU”: President Kibaki’s Party of Nation … more →
"What are your views on corruption?"
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wrote 2 years ago: [From "Envoy Predicts Free and Fair Election", The Standard, December 18, 2007--an interview with U. … more →
"A reply to concerned commenters on the Ocampo charges" and preparing for 2012 in Kenya
wrote 2 years ago: This is something I prepared last December at the time the ICC prosecutor initiated his charges agai … more →
Using lese majeste to repress opposition
wrote 2 years ago: Most reasonable observers – and here we must obviously exclude the U.S.’s State Departme … more →
With a major update: Abhisit and election wrangling
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wrote 2 years ago: At MCOT News Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is reported as claiming that “certain ill-intent … more →
Trying to fix an election, part III
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wrote 2 years ago: Simon Roughneen in the Sydney Morning Herald joins those who think that there will be an election … more →
