Kenya (Vol 16, 2019)
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The Building Bridges Initiative, a reconciliation process to bring political elites together after the contentious general election in 2017, dominated Kenya’s political discourse. In 2019, the initiative was characterised by mass meetings across the country to collect views from members of the public and key stakeholders on the content of the proposed final document. At the same time, the ‘Punguza Mizigo’ (‘Reduce the Load’) initiative led by the Thirdway Alliance political movement was also on a nationwide tour to promote proposals to reduce the public wage bill through constitutional reforms. Both groups aimed at marshalling support for a referendum and constitutional change in 2020, but both processes struggled to gain traction in the context of a struggling local and international economy. In February, the government introduced the ‘Huduma Namba’ initiative to reform Kenya’s identity systems, producing a ‘single source of truth’ digital identity to replace various identity documents. The process was marred by threats and ambiguity, eventually leading to a court case challenging the government to enhance its protections against discrimination and change the legal landscape on data protection in the country. Meanwhile, environmental activists scored a major victory as the National Environmental Tribunal suspended construction of the Lamu Coal Plant, finding that the procurement process for the project had been irregularly conducted and did not meet the thresholds required by law.
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Kenya (Vol 16, 2019)
in Africa Yearbook OnlineSearch for other papers by Nanjala Nyabola in
Current site
Google Scholar
(4,680 words)