Electoral Reforms · The story

2007 General Elections

2007 · Democratic transition

Source date
2007
Event type
Election or referendum
Reform area
Election integrity and technology

30-second brief

The essential point

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After Kenya’s 2007 general election, post-election violence was followed by a commitment from political parties to pursue far-reaching reforms. Their stated aims were sustainable peace, stability and justice through the rule of law and respect for human rights.

Evidence: Supreme Court judgment, paragraph 887

Why it matters

It records the reform commitment that political parties made in direct response to post-election violence.

Evidence: Supreme Court judgment, paragraph 887

Open the key points and evidence
  1. The source places the post-election violence after the 2007 general election.

    Supreme Court judgment, paragraph 887
  2. Political parties committed themselves to far-reaching reforms.

    Supreme Court judgment, paragraph 887
  3. The stated aims included peace, stability, justice, the rule of law and human rights.

    Supreme Court judgment, paragraph 887
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Official-source wording

What the official record says

Following the post-election violence that ensued after the 2007 General Elections, the political parties committed themselves to undertake far reaching reforms to secure sustainable peace, stability, and justice through the rule of law and respect for human rights.

Verbatim excerpt · Supreme Court judgment, paragraph 887 · Attorney General v Ndii — Supreme Court judgment

Evidence stack

Sources behind this record

  1. Attorney General v Ndii — Supreme Court judgmentSupreme Court judgment, paragraph 887 · Official Kenyan public authority · admitted for public claims