Elections in Kenya: Avoiding violence in 2013

Published: Feb. 26, 2013, 11 p.m.

b'In March 2013 Kenya goes to the polls. The elections occur against a backdrop of tension and controversy: two of the four main contenders face charges at the International Criminal Court relating to the 2007\\u201308 post-election violence; the previous electoral round left behind numerous victims, displaced people, and economic damage. During the build-up to the current election there have been eruptions of violence in political hotspots.\\nSmall Arms Survey consultant Manasseh Wepundi\\u2014author of a study on Kenyan electoral violence and another on firearms and security in Kenya\\u2014discusses the enduring impacts of the catastrophic violence which occurred in the past electoral cycle, and explains some of the precautions being taken to avoid a recurrence.'