Kenya General Elections, 4 March 2013
The Report of the Commonwealth Observer Group for the Kenya elections, held 4 March 2013. The Group was led by HE Mr Festus Mogae, former Prime Minister of Botswana.
The Group found that despite some shortcomings the 2013 General Elections in Kenya were credible. The Report offers a series of recommendations to help improve aspects of the process, including the need to ensure that electoral timelines are established in a manner that facilitates the timely and effective administration of the election, and the need to implement the provision in the Constitution for a gender quota to provide for gender balance in the parliament.
The Group found that despite some shortcomings the 2013 General Elections in Kenya were credible. The Report offers a series of recommendations to help improve aspects of the process, including the need to ensure that electoral timelines are established in a manner that facilitates the timely and effective administration of the election, and the need to implement the provision in the Constitution for a gender quota to provide for gender balance in the parliament.
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Election Campaign and Media
Campaigns during the 2013 elections in Kenya were held in a generally peaceful environment, though there were reports of isolated incidents of violence in some parts of the country. The campaigns were intense and appeared heavily financed, particularly for the two main coalitions, namely, Jubilee Alliance and the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD).
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