2007 Kenyan general election

none August 2023 August 2023 Kenya 2002 Kenyan general election 2002 2013 Kenyan general election 2013 27 December 2007 14,296,180 yes Presidential election presidential 130x130px Mwai Kibaki (cropped).jpg Mwai Kibaki Party of National Unity (Kenya) 4,584,721 46.42% Raila Odinga 2009 (cropped).jpg Raila Odinga Orange Democratic Movement 4,352,993 44.07% Kalonzo Musyoka1.jpg Kalonzo Musyoka Orange Democratic Movement–Kenya 879,903 8.91% 2007 Kenyan presidential election - Results by province.svg Results by province President Mwai Kibaki Party of National Unity (Kenya) Mwai Kibaki Party of National Unity (Kenya) yes Parliamentary election All 210 seats in the National Assembly 106 Orange Democratic Movement Raila Odinga 99 New 30.83 Party of National Unity (Kenya) Mwai Kibaki 43 New 20.89 Orange Democratic Movement–Kenya Kalonzo Musyoka 16 New 6.57 Kenya African National Union Uhuru Kenyatta 15 64 6.36 Safina (political party) Jimmy Wanjigi 5 2 3.80 National Rainbow Coalition Charity Ngilu 3 3 3.41 Democratic Party (Kenya) Joseph K. Munyao 2 39 2.46 Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – People Simeon Nyachae 3 14 2.00 Kenya African Democratic Development Union Cyrus Jirongo 1 1 1.97 KENDA Kamlesh Pattni 1 0 1.69 NARC–Kenya Martha Karua 4 New 1.65 Sisi Kwa Sisi – 2 2 1.55 CCU Wavinya Ndeti 2 2 1.19 United Democratic Movement (Kenya) Ali Roba 1 0 1.12 MGPK Wangarĩ Maathai 1 0 0.99 New Ford Kenya Eugene Wamalwa 2 New 0.92 PICK John Harun Mwau 2 0 0.88 FORD–Kenya Moses Wetang'ula 1 21 0.78 FORD–Asili Kenneth Matiba 1 2 0.68 NLP Ananiah Mwaboza 1 1 0.54 KADU–Asili Francis Bayah 1 1 0.32 PDP Richard Momoima 1 0 0.16 PPK David Mwaura 1 0 0.15 Speaker of the National Assembly Francis ole Kaparo Kenya African National Union Kenneth Marende Orange Democratic Movement General elections were held in Kenya on 27 December 2007.ECK sets poll date as Raila maintains lead The Standard, 26 October 2007 Voters elected the President and members of the National Assembly. They coincided with the 2007 Kenyan local elections. Incumbent Mwai Kibaki, running on a Party of National Unity (PNU) ticket, defeated Raila Odinga, leader of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and Kalonzo Musyoka of Orange Democratic Movement–Kenya. The elections were strongly marked by ethnic hostility, with Kibaki, a member of the traditionally dominant Kikuyu ethnic group, gaining much support amongst the Kikuyu and neighbouring groups in central Kenya, including the Embu and Meru. Odinga, as a member of the Luo ethnic group, succeeded in creating a wider base by building a coalition with regional leaders from the Luhya in Western Kenya, the Kalenjin from the Rift Valley and Muslim leaders from the Coast Province. Kibaki was declared the winner with 46% of the vote and was sworn in at State House on 30 December. However, opposition leader Raila Odinga also claimed victory,Dozens dead in Kenya poll clashes BBC News, 31 December 2007Protests as Kenya's president begins 2nd term after allegations of rigging, deadly violence Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), 31 December 2007 and civil unrest broke out, resulting in the deaths of several hundred people and the displacement of up to 600,000. This was ended by the National Accord and Reconciliation Act, which led to Odinga being appointed as Prime Minister. In the National Assembly elections, the ODM won 99 of the 208 seats, with the PNU finishing second with 43 seats. The Kenya African National Union, which had ruled the country from independence until 2002, was reduced to being the fourth-largest party with only 15 seats. Only 71 of the 190 sitting MPs were re-elected, twenty ministers lost their seats, and a record 15 female MPs were elected.Election had its bright side despite the gloom The Standard, 14 January 2008 There is agreement in the international community that the presidential elections were at least partially manipulated.https://archive.today/20120527021147/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080106/kenya_opposition_080107?s_name=&no_ads= Kenya election was rigged, U.S. envoy says CTV, 7 January 2008 In July 2008, an exit poll commissioned by the US was released, suggesting that Odinga was predicted to have won the presidency by a comfortable margin of 6%, 46% to 40%, well outside the exit poll's 1.3% margin of error.US-funded exit poll says Raila won elections The Nation, 11 July 2008 Background Presidential candidates Incumbent president Mwai Kibaki declared his intention to run for re-election on 26 January 2007, although he had previously declared prior to the 2002 elections that he needed only one term as president.Kibaki declares he is ready for a second presidential term The Standard, 27 January 2007 On 16 September 2007, Kibaki announced that he would run as the candidate of a new alliance called the Party of National Unity, which would include a number of parties, including KANU,Kenyan president announces new party affiliation for re-election bid Associated Press, 16 September 2007Kenya president eyes re-election BBC News, 16 September 2007 the Democratic Party, NARC–Kenya, FORD-Kenya, Ford–People and Shirikisho, among others. The Orange Democratic Movement–Kenya (ODM–Kenya) alliance was expected to field the strongest challenger to Kibaki; the main parties originally affiliated to ODM–Kenya were the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and KANU.ODM’s long and bumpy journey The Standard, 7 October 2007 At the time of the 2002 elections, the LDP had been part of the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) movement backing Kibaki, but its ministers were dismissed from the cabinet after the 2005 constitutional referendum.Raila to President: Spare me the blame, I was in your Cabinet for only three years Daily Nation, 20 October 2007 KANU and LDP had originally teamed up for the 2005 referendum under the banner Orange Democratic Movement,Q&A: Kenya political crisis BBC News, 8 December 2007 but former president Daniel arap Moi was among the KANU faction opposing involvement with the ODM–Kenya coalition.No Let-Up in Kanu Row Over ODM https://web.archive.org/web/20080307181519/http://www.propertykenya.com/news/439027-no-let-up-in-kanu-row-over-odm.php 7 March 2008 Daily Nation, 17 November 2006 As a result, ODM–Kenya split in two in August 2007, one remaining as ODM–Kenya and led by Kalonzo Musyoka, the other going by the name Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). KANU subsequently left the coalition entirely, and Moi announced his support for Kibaki, his former political enemy, in late August.Moi throws weight behind Kibaki BBC News, 28 August 2007 Uhuru Kenyatta followed suit and announced his support for Kibaki in mid-September. KANU did not nominate as a presidential candidate, although it contested the National Assembly elections.Ex-rival backs Kibaki re-election BBC News, 14 September 2007 Several ODM members vied for presidency, including Musyoka, Raila Odinga, Kenyatta (before KANU's withdrawal), William Ruto, Najib Balala, Musalia Mudavadi and Joseph Nyagah."It's make or break as ODM leaders start forum to decide on candidate", Daily Nation, 11 January 2007 Following the August 2007 split, ODM–Kenya appointed Musyoka as its candidate on 31 August, and the ODM selected Odinga as its candidate on 1 September.Kenya's Opposition Chooses Presidential CandidateApril 2025 medicmedic VOA News, 31 August 2007Kenya: Kalonzo Picked to Hoist ODM-K Flag The Nation, 1 September 2007Kenya: It's Raila for President East Africa Standard, 1 September 2007 Presidential candidates presented their nomination papers on 14 and 15 November to the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK), and nine candidates were cleared to be on the ballot in December.Nine to fight it out as Kibaki cleared The Standard, 16 November 2007 All nine presidential candidates also ran for a parliamentary seat as required by Kenyan law; the presidential election winner needed to also win a parliamentary seat to be named president. National Assembly The ninth parliament was dissolved on Monday, 22 October 2007,https://archive.today/20120708030157/http://eastandard.net/news/?id=1143976374 Curtain falls on Ninth Parliament The Standard, 23 October 2007 with the election date of 27 December announced on 26 October 2007 by the ECK. The ECK initially set a deadline of 19 November 2007 for submitting the candidate lists to prevent candidates from defecting after failing to gain nominations from their parties but later retracted and allowed defections to minor parties.ECK and parties in nominations deal https://web.archive.org/web/20080222082030/http://politics.nationmedia.com/inner.asp?fs=1&sid=801 22 February 2008 Daily Nation, 6 November 2007 The ODM, PNU and ODM–K held their primary elections on 16 November, with all three termed as chaotic and being marred by irregularities and violence. Numerous candidates defected to smaller parties after failing to get candidature by their respective parties,Chaos mars Kenyan party primaries BBC News, 20 November 2007 including Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai, who failed to gain a PNU nomination, and former Interior Minister Chris Murungaru, who lost out to a little-known trader.Upset in Kenyan primaries News24, 18 November 2007 There were 14,296,180 registered voters; 68.8% of the electorate were aged between 18 and 40, with the remaining 31.2% being those over 40. Campaign President Kibaki began his presidential campaign on 30 September at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi.Kibaki: I deserve another term https://web.archive.org/web/20090112031044/http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_2193347,00.html 12 January 2009 AFP, 30 September 2007 Odinga launched his campaign in Uhuru Park on 6 October 2007.ODM party launches its Presidential campaigns https://web.archive.org/web/20081012005730/http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=45547 12 October 2008 Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, 6 October 2007Kenya opposition kicks off campaign, says 3 supporters shot Associated Press, 6 October 2007 On the same day, three ODM supporters were shot (one of them fatally), allegedly by bodyguards of Stanley Livondo, who was running as the PNU candidate for Odinga's seat in the National Assembly. Livondo was arrested, along with two of his bodyguards, and later released. Pius Muiru, a televangelist and the leader of the Kenya People's Party (KPP), officially launched his bid for the presidency on 21 October 2007 at Kamukunji grounds.Bishop tells voters to send off Kibaki and his team The Standard, 22 October 2007 Two cabinet ministers, first Health Minister Charity Ngilu and then Regional Co-operation Minister John Koech, backed Odinga in October; Kibaki dismissed Ngilu from the cabinet.Kenyan presidential hopeful gains favour AFP, 12 October 2007 National Assembly A record 2,548 candidates contested the National Assembly elections, more than double the 1,033 that ran in 2002.2,600 candidates in battle for MPs’ seatsJuly 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Daily Nation, 29 November 2007The ECK final list The Standard, 29 November 2007 The 269 female candidates was also a record. The ODM had the highest number of candidates with 190, followed by the Kenya National Democratic Alliance (KENDA) with 170, the PNU (135), ODM–K (135), KADDU (97), KANU (91), Safina (88), NARC (73), the Democratic Party (86) and NARC–Kenya (59). A total of 108 parties fielded parliamentary candidates, another record. For the first time, no party fielded a candidate in every constituency; every previous election had seen KANU contest every seat. The Kitutu Masaba Constituency had the highest number of candidates at 33, and all 210 constituencies had at least two candidates, meaning that there were no uncontested seats, another first. Opinion polls Opinion polling for the Kenyan general election, 2007 Opinion polls in late October put support for Odinga at 50%, with Kibaki at 39%, and Musyoka at 8%.Kenya: Could the president be ousted? The Economist, 1 November 2007 A poll released in early November put Odinga at 45%, Kibaki at 41% and Musyoka at 11%, while on 23 November a poll placed Odinga and Kibaki at about the same level, with 43.6% and 43.3%, respectively.Kibaki neck-and-neck with challenger Reuters, 23 November 2007 DatePollsterKibakiMusyokaOdingaMudavadiRutoKenyattaOctober 2006Steadman International41%20%13% 3%5%December 2006Steadman International42%20%14% 3% 5% March 2007Steadman International51%14%17%2% 2% 2% April 2007IRI44.3%15.3%18.7%2.7% 2.6% 3.5% June 2007RMS45%14%28%4% 3% 4% July 2007 Steadman International45%11%25%3% 2% 2% August 2007Infotrak/Harris Interactive42%11%25%8% 6%1%August 2007https://archive.today/20080228233618/http://eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143973772 Steadman International47%13%36%1% 1%September 2007 Steadman InternationalJuly 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 38%8%47% 13 October 2007 Steadman International37%8%53%23 October 2007 Steadman International39%8%50%9 November 2007 Steadman International41%11%45%21 November 2007Consumer Insight41.4%14.7%40.7%17 November 2007Gallup42%11%45%23 November 2007Steadman InternationalJuly 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 43.3%11.4%43.6%7 December 2007Steadman International42%10%46%18 December 2007Steadman International43%10%45% Results Results of the 2007 Kenyan general election President Early results published by the Kenyan media gave Raila Odinga a narrow lead of 1,691,679 votes against Kibaki's 1,222,725 in 69 of the country's 210 constituencies.Early results show Kibaki trailing in Kenya vote Reuters, 28 December 2007 Odinga held a strong lead in vote counting on 28 December,Disputed Vote Plunges Kenya Into Bloodshed The New York Times, 31 December 2007 and the ODM declared victory on 29 December;"Kenya opposition declares victory AFP, 29 December 2007 however, as more results were announced on the same day, the gap between the two candidates narrowed. Early on 30 December, Odinga accused the government of fraud, urged Kibaki to concede defeat, and called for a recount.Kenya: Raila Calls for Vote Recount The East African Standard, 30 December 2007 The ECK declared Kibaki the winner later on 30 December, placing him ahead of Odinga by about 232,000 votes.Kenyan police try to block opposition rally https://web.archive.org/web/20110711050040/http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ft?news_id=fto010320080354570443&page=2 11 July 2011 Reuters, 3 January 2008Kibaki named victor in Kenya vote BBC News, 20 December 2007 Odinga asserts that the Electoral Commission falsely included at least 300,000 votes for Kibaki in his total.Kenyans riot after 'rigged' election AFP, 31 December 2007 ECK chairman Samuel Kivuitu said that while irregularities had occurred, they were a matter for the courts, not the Electoral Commission.Tribal violence breaks out in Kenya over disputed election result International Herald Tribune, 30 December 2007 Following the commission's declaration of his victory, Kibaki was sworn in for his second term later on the same day,Incumbent Declared Winner in Kenya's Disputed Election The Washington Post, 31 December 2007 saying that he had been told by his people that he had won, calling for the "verdict of the people" to be respected and for "healing and reconciliation" to begin. Kivuitu said that there were some problems with the count, noting that in one constituency voter turnout was reported as 115%,https://archive.today/20120910082727/http://www.sabcnews.com/africa/east_africa/0,2172,161636,00.html Kenya election results expected today SABC News, 30 December 2007 although the figure was later clarified by Kivuitu in an interview with Nation Television as due to a double entry of one polling station in Maragua Constituency on the parliamentary tally and not the presidential tally. According to the European Union's head election observer, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, the elections were "flawed" and the ECK had failed to establish "the credibility of the tallying process to the satisfaction of all parties and candidates."Kibaki re-elected as president of Kenya https://web.archive.org/web/20110711050027/http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ft?news_id=fto123020071125520138&page=2 11 July 2011 Reuters, 30 December 2008 The United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, said that he had "real concerns" about the elections. While the United States initially congratulated Kibaki and called for the results to be respected,Odinga rejects Kenya poll result BBC News, 31 December 2007 it also expressed concern,Kenya election riots leave more than 120 dead The Daily Telegraph, 31 December 2007 and on 2 January 2008, a spokesman for the US State Department declined to confirm US recognition of Kibaki's victory.US in Diplomatic Push to End Kenya Violence https://web.archive.org/web/20080106105922/http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-01-02-voa73.cfm 6 January 2008 VOA News, 2 January 2007 In a telex from the US Embassy in Nairobi to the State Department in Washington DC [released in July 2012], US Ambassador Michael Ranneberger set out five scenarios as to who really won the election. He wrote, ‘In all cases the margin of victory for either side is slim and ultimately unknowable’. The telex also noted that there was ‘evidence of rigging on both sides’.FOIA Release DOC NO C17443900 JANUARY 2008 http://www.kenyadocex.com/wiki/foia-release-doc-no-c17443900-january-2008/ Kenyadocex.com 13 August 2017 13 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170813223126/http://www.kenyadocex.com/wiki/foia-release-doc-no-c17443900-january-2008/ deadUS Embassy: Was the election stolen? http://www.kenyaforum.net/2017/08/07/us-embassy-was-the-election-stolen/ 13 August 2017 Kivuitu said on 2 January that he had been pressured by PNU and ODM–K (Kibaki's and Kalonzo Musyoka's parties) into announcing the results without delay, declaring Kibaki the winner, claiming that he did not personally know who really won.I acted under a pressure, says Kivuitu East Africa Standard, 2 January 2008 Within minutes of the commission's declaration of Kibaki's victory, ethnically based rioting and violence, primarily directed against Kikuyus, broke out across Kenya, and the government suspended live television coverage for some days.Kenya: Violence Erupts After Kibaki Sworn in The Nation, 30 December 2007Kenya: Death and Chaos After Kibaki Win The Nation, 31 December 2007 Odinga alleged that "a clique of people around Kibaki" sought to rig the election but said that democracy "is unstoppable, like the flow of the Nile." The ODM announced its intention to hold a ceremony on 31 December in which Odinga would be declared the "people's president", but police said that this could incite violence and that Odinga could be arrested if the ceremony occurred. Odinga then delayed this but called for a million-strong rally on 3 January 2008 and for his supporters to wear black armbands as a show of mourning.Kenya: Police Claim Shoot To Kill Orders Associated Press, 31 December 2007Will Kenya's Vote Lead to Tribal War? Time, 31 December 2007 Odinga said that the ODM would not negotiate with Kibaki unless he resigned, because to do so would mean acknowledging Kibaki's legitimacy; he also said that, unless stopped, the "ruling clique" could rig the next elections in five years as well, and that he was not afraid of being arrested, having been jailed many times in the past.Raila’s terms for talks with Kibaki on crisis https://web.archive.org/web/20080222061055/http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=2&newsid=113719 22 February 2008 Daily Nation, 1 January 2008 For his part, Kibaki emphasised the importance of peace, stability, and tolerance in his 2008 New Year's message, speaking of the elections as a concluded event and warning that lawbreakers would be punished.Kibaki warns law breakers of stern action https://web.archive.org/web/20080222062752/http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=2&newsid=113722 22 February 2008 Daily Nation, 1 January 2008 Mwai Kibaki Party of National Unity 4584721 Raila Odinga Orange Democratic Movement 4352993 Kalonzo Musyoka Orange Democratic Movement–Kenya 879903 Orange Democratic Movement–Kenya Joseph Karani Kenya Patriotic Trust Party 21171 Pius Muiru Kenya Peoples' Party 9667 Nazlin Omar Workers Congress Party of Kenya 8624 Kenneth Matiba Saba Saba Asili 8046 David Waweru Ng'ethe Chama Cha Uma 5976 Nixon Kukubo Republican Party of Kenya 5927 14296180 African Elections Database National Assembly Preliminary results showed that Vice-President Moody Awori and Wangari Maathai both lost their seats. Other notable politicians with the same fate included Mutahi Kagwe, Musikari Kombo, Simeon Nyachae, Nicholas Biwott, Chris Murungaru, Mukhisa Kituyi, Raphael Tuju, Kipruto Kirwa, Njenga Karume and Gideon Moi, the son of former president Daniel arap Moi.Parliamentary preliminary results https://web.archive.org/web/20080304070202/http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=47378 4 March 2008 Kenya Broadcasting corporation, 28 December 2007 VP, Ministers lose parliamentary seats The Standard, 28 December 2007'Rattler' John Michuki Survives in Kangema but Newton Kulundu falls in Western https://web.archive.org/web/20220327091817/http://kenyalondonnews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=955&Itemid=1 27 March 2022 Kenya London News, 28 December 2007 President’s powerful lieutenants lose seats The Standard, 29 December 2007 The elections were cancelled in Kamukunji and Kilgoris. Changing standing orders should top agenda as Parliament convenes https://web.archive.org/web/20080116223930/http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=39&newsid=114222 16 January 2008 Daily Nation, 9 January 2008 File:Kenyan National Assembly 2007.svg Orange Democratic Movement 2973415 99 New Party of National Unity 2014413 43 New Orange Democratic Movement–Kenya 633880 16 New Orange Democratic Movement–Kenya Kenya African National Union 613864 15 −49 Safina 366629 5 +3 National Rainbow Coalition 328945 3 – Democratic Party 237205 2 −37 FORD–People 192489 3 −11 Kenya African Democratic Development Union 190051 1 – Kenya National Democratic Alliance 162538 1 +1 NARC–Kenya 158752 4 New Sisi Kwa Sisi 149933 2 0 Chama Cha Uzalendo 115243 2 – United Democratic Movement 107831 1 +1 Mazingira Green Party of Kenya 95227 1 +1 New Ford Kenya 88562 2 New Party of Independent Candidates of Kenya 85348 2 +2 FORD–Kenya 75145 1 −20 FORD–Asili 66013 1 −1 National Labour Party 51887 1 – The Independent Party 50797 0 – Social Democratic Party 39871 0 0 Kenya National Congress 39840 0 0 Party of Hope 35962 0 – National Patriotic Party of Kenya 33289 0 – Labour Party of Kenya 33008 0 – Republican Alliance Party of Kenya 31331 0 – KADU–Asili 30462 1 – Agano Party 30085 0 – New Sisi Kwa Sisi Kenya 28893 0 – Chama Cha Mwananchi 27438 0 – Forum for Republican Party 26333 0 – United Democratic Party of Kenya 23870 0 – Green African Party 20038 0 – Dynamic Development Party 19972 0 – United Democrats of Peace And Integrity in Kenya 19648 0 – Community Development Party 18994 0 – Farmers Party 18985 0 – Federal Party of Kenya 17491 0 – Peoples Democratic Party 15655 1 +1 National Integrity Party 15443 0 – Republican Liberty Party 15379 0 – Shirikisho Party of Kenya 15228 0 – New Democrats 14986 0 – Peoples Party of Kenya 14892 1 +1 Peoples' Solidarity Union of Kenya 14315 0 – New Revival Generation Party 14302 0 – United People's Congress 12750 0 – Pambazuka Party of Kenya 12390 0 – Kenya Citizens Congress 12347 0 – Growth and Development Party 11786 0 – Social Party for Advancement and Reforms – Kenya 11764 0 – National Democratic Alliance 11357 0 – Kenya Social Congress 11223 0 0 Liberal Democratic Movement 10886 0 – Republican Party of Kenya 10494 0 – Generation Alliance Party of Kenya 9808 0 – Daraja Ya Wakenya Party 9719 0 – National Alliance Party 9112 0 – Saba Saba Asili 8301 0 – Kifagio Party of Kenya 8106 0 – Progressive Party of Kenya 8081 0 – Kenya People's Party 8067 0 – Chama Cha Uma Party 7367 0 – New Kanu Alliance Party of Kenya 7010 0 – Mass Party of Kenya 6600 0 – National Progressive Party 6106 0 – Vipa Progressive Alliance 5652 0 – Common Wealth Development Party of Kenya 5573 0 – Workers Congress Party of Kenya 5386 0 – New Aspiration Party 5172 0 – Democratic Representative Party 5020 0 – Kenya Affiliated Democratic Unity 4531 0 – Kenya Nationalist Peoples Democratic Party 4099 0 – Freedom Party of Kenya 3795 0 – Movement for Democratic Advancement Party of Kenya 2496 0 – Citizen Democratic Party of Kenya 2485 0 – Democratic Labour Party of Kenya 2439 0 – Communal Democracy Party of Kenya 2347 0 – National Dynamic Development Party 2252 0 – National Renewal People's Party 2009 0 – Kenya Patriotic Trust Party 1878 0 – The National Integration Party of Kenya 1799 0 – Kenya Union of National Alliance of Peace 1457 0 – National Party of Kenya 1339 0 – Chama Cha Muafaka Na Mwangaza 1250 0 – Democracy Assistance Party 1220 0 – National Liberation Party 1089 0 – National Conservative Party of Kenya 1081 0 – Chama Cha Utu 985 0 – Allied Democratic Party of Kenya 976 0 – Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy in Kenya 923 0 – Kenya National Liberation Party 898 0 – Moral Integrity Party 885 0 – Party for Economic Change And Democracy 879 0 – The Nuru Party 832 0 – Green Social Democratic Party of Kenya 706 0 – Kenya Cultural Alliance 699 0 – National Star Party of Kenya 691 0 – Social Welfare Alliance Party of Kenya 620 0 – Wakulima Party of Kenya 598 0 – Jubilee Peoples Party of Kenya 547 0 – Muungano Party 517 0 – Pan Africa Assemblies 475 0 – Reform Party of Kenya 390 0 – Forum for Orange Democratic Change Party 318 0 – Peoples Patriotic Party of Kenya 301 0 – Democratic Community Party 233 0 – Restoration Democrats of Kenya 219 0 – Universal Democratic Party of Kenya 204 0 – Kenya Political Caucus Party of Kenya 203 0 – Kenya Peoples Convention Party 181 0 – The National Republican Party of Kenya 172 0 – Kenya Republican Reformation Party 76 0 – Movement for Democratic Advancement Party 62 0 – Union of Democratic Party 50 0 – United Party of Democracy 46 0 – Vacant 2 – 0 IDE Aftermath 2007–08 Kenyan crisis National Accord and Reconciliation Act 2008 Kikuyus, belonging to the Kikuyu ethnic group, supported Kibaki, while the Luo and Kalenjins, belonging to the Luo ethnic group, supported Odinga. The Luo began violent demonstrations in Nairobi fifteen minutes after Kibaki's announcement as the presidential election winner. Nearly all businesses closed within a day, leaving the streets empty. The post-election violence resulted in the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people from their homes during January and February 2008. Crime exploded in Kikuyu settlements in the Rift Valley and intra-urban slums in Mombasa. Most Kikuyus in the Rift Valley fled their homes and settled anywhere they could find refuge. Some Kikuyus settled in a church at Kiambaa in Eldoret, where Kalenjin youth barricaded the door from outside and set the church on fire, killing about 30 people.'We told them to come out of the church, but they locked the door ... So we burned them' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jan/02/kenya1 2022-04-18 The Guardian Farms were looted and roads were blocked, leaving people unable to work, farmers and commuters alike. Many members of large ethnic groups attacked anyone who they felt didn't belong; minorities and people that had come from other countries were common targets. Some people even fled to Uganda and other nearby countries to escape the social unrest. One sector greatly affected by the political unrest was tourism; flights and tours were cancelled, companies withdrew from Kenya, and many people lost their jobs due to lay-offs. The international media covered the tragedies extensively, giving the outside world the impression that the entire country was amidst a bloody battle, when truly, parts of Kenya were untouched by violence. Kenya lost approximately $47.6 million due to the lack of visits.Lafargue Jerome General Election in Kenya, 2007 2009 Mkuki Na Nyota Dar es Salaam The fragile state of the economy affected surrounding countries as well. After being sworn in as president, Kibaki named a partial cabinet on 8 January 2008, composed of 17 MPs from his party PNU and ODM–Kenya, which entered into a coalition agreement, along with KANU. A number of further cabinet slots were left temporarily open, presumably to give space for negotiations with the opposition ODM, which immediately challenged the constitutionality of the new government. By April 2008, Kenya was stable, though the conflict left “1,500 dead, 3,000 innocent women raped, and 300,000 people internally displaced."Roberts Mara J. Managing Conflicts in Africa’s Democratic Transitions Lexington Books 2012 9780739172636 Adebayo A.G. Maryland 141 English Conflict Analysis of the 2007 Post-Election Violence in Kenya Kibaki remained president, and Odinga was named prime minister. The National Assembly results were cancelled in three of the 210 constituencies. Prior to 2007, hostility surrounding politics in Kenya existed on a much smaller scale. The introduction of multi-party politics in 1991 led to the recognition of violence as an election-time tradition. However, the fighting and aggression demonstrated in December 2007 and January and February 2008 was and has been unmatched by any election-related uprising. In August 2012, the Nakuru County Peace Accord was signed, a treaty designed to address sources of ethnic conflict and violence in the Rift Valley region of Kenya. Both Kibaki and Odinga largely ignored United Nations efforts to set up independent tribunals to bring the leaders of the post-2007 election violence to justice. On 10 December 2020, a high court orders the government to compensate four victims of sexual attacks by security agents during post-election violence following the 2007 Kenyan general election.Kenya to compensate rape victims from violence 13 years ago https://apnews.com/article/international-news-kenya-violence-elections-dfb960a5e851e4ac923963641002b73b 11 December 2020 Associated Press 10 December 2020 PositionMinisterVice-PresidentStephen Kalonzo MusyokaMinister for Home AffairsMinister of State for DefenceMohamed Yusuf HajiMinister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal SecurityMinister for EducationSam OngeriMinister for EnergyKiraitu MurungiMinister for FinanceAmos KimunyaMinister for Foreign AffairsMoses WetangulaMinister for Information and CommunicationsSamuel PoghisioMinister for Justice and Constitutional AffairsMartha KaruaMinister for Local GovernmentUhuru KenyattaMinister for Public ServiceAsman KamamaMinister for Roads and Public WorksJohn MichukiMinister for Science and TechnologyNoah WekesaMinister of State for Special ProgrammesNaomi ShabanMinister for the East African CommunityWilfred MachageMinister for TransportChirau Ali MwakwereMinister for Water and IrrigationJohn Munyes See also The Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission of Kenya References Kenya General Category:National Assembly (Kenya) Category:Presidential elections in Kenya Category:Elections in Kenya Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:December 2007 elections