Kenya’s Post-Election Brinkmanship and the Salvaging Power of ‘Consociational’ Democracy
KISUMU, Kenya August 12th –Kenya’s political landscape, while vibrant and dynamic, has repeatedly flirted with chaos in the wake of general elections. The pattern is familiar: heightened political tension, contested results, civil unrest, and an uneasy calm punctuated by fragile truces. This cycle of brinkmanship—where political actors push the country to the edge of instability…