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Mediating violent electoral conflict: a case study of Kenya, 2008

One of the major attribute of a democratic political system is holding of free and transparent elections periodically. Holding of elections is viewed as the most peaceful way of changing political leadership and the highest expression of people's choice of how they want to be governed. However, in africa violent electoral conflicts have become prevalent.lndeed, whenever there is an approaching elections in Africa save for some relatively stable countries like Ghana,South Africa, Tanzania and Botswana there is always a high risk that the elections might lead to violence or civil war.ln the past…