Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Media’s role in the Kenya election fallout
As Kenya’s tenth par liament met for the first time last week, the violence that rocked the country after the announce ment of Mwai Kibaki as the presi dential winner in the Dec. 2007 elections had largely died down. But the country is bracing for more violence and turmoil. As Kenyans and the international com munity try to come to terms with what happened, it would be useful to systemati cally think about the role played by the key institutions of democracy. In Kenya, the media, together with a robust civil society, has been a key force for democratisation. But as things unravelled after the elections, one could not help but wonder whether the Kenyan media could have done better, whether media could have helped forestall the fallout.
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