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IFES Expert Available to Discuss Kenya Crisis
Kenyans are bracing for a new round of violence this week with planned street protests by the opposition and a political showdown as parliament reconvenes.
News & Updates
Feature
Kenyas Flawed Election
Deadly riots gripped Kenya following disputed presidential elections December 27. However, voting day was relatively peaceful, with problems surfacing during the vote tallying process.
News & Updates
Press Release
IFES Experts Available to Discuss Kenya Election
The last major election of the year is shaping up to be a close one as Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki tries to defeat opposition leader Raila Odinga to secure a second term. On December 27, Kenyan voters also will elect 210 members of parliament and more than 2,000 local councilors. IFES has advised the Electoral Commission of Kenya, known as ECK...
Publication
Report/Paper
Evaluation of Communications Technology Use for Elections 2002, Kenya
This report on communications technology used in the 2002 elections in Kenya identifies problems that occurred in the election and highlights how to implement new procedures and systems which address those problems.
December 31, 2002
Election Material
Civic Education Material
The Adventures of Fatou: Everyone…to the Polls!
A comic book from 2000 illustrates and describes voters rights to Cameroonians. The comic covers the concepts of "one person, one vote", voter registration, women's right to vote, the importance of citizen participation in the electoral process, and vote buying, among other issues.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Voter Education: Curriculum Methodologies
“Voter Education: Curriculum Methodologies,” published in 1999, is a booklet that explains the role of the Electoral Commission of Kenya in voter education. The Electoral Commision was focused on revamping the electoral process in Kenya and enhancing civic participation in the increasingly pluralistic Kenyan political process. This was particularly important as Kenya had been under virtual one party rule from 1969 until the early 1990s.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Special elections regionales
“Special elections regionales” is a special article in the magazine ‘Ca Rhone-Alpes’ from 1998, available in French, advertizing the upcoming March 15, 1998, regional election to elect members of the Council in Rhone-Alpes, France. The document provides a description of past election in the region of Rhone Alpes, provides statistics of its inhabitants, and explains the structure of the regional Council and how the vote to elect new members will proceed.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Daraja Update
This November 1997 issue of “Daraja” touches on the struggle to achieve civic elections in Kenya and promoting democracy and good governance in Africa. The lead article focuses on the effort to enhance civic education and elections in the midst of executive governmental power that is not in favor of promoting political participation or expanding democracy. The second major piece describes the pathway to achieving peace in Africa and six major impediments to achieving strong democracy in the region. The challenges presented by the article to developing democracy in Africa are overcoming violence, sound democracy development managment, enhancing the role of civil society, mainstreaming women into politics, increasing the capacity of African institutions that allow for democracy development and developing an ownership of democratic reforms in order to bring about demcoracy that fits the region and culture that it will be governing.
Publication
Report/Paper
May 17, 1997 Legislative Elections in Cameroon: The Report of the IFES International Observer Mission
This report summarizes IFES’ efforts in Cameroon prior to and during the May, 1997 legislative elections. The IFES observation team compiled their findings in this report which discusses the election process in Cameroon and the various political parties, campaigns and vote tabulation. The report discusses the lack of oversight and credibility that the elections suffered from.
June 30, 1997
Election Material
Ballot
Cameroon Parliamentary Ballots 1997
Parliamentary ballots for the 17 May 1997 election in Cameroon. Ballots are for the Mfoundi electoral district and include all major Cameroonian political parties.