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KENYA: Review Talks Collapse

KENYA: Review Talks Collapse Five parties abandon the constitutional dialogue. The talks initiated by the Government to give the country a new constitution collapsed on November 16th when the representatives of political parties walked out. The plan, which had brought together representatives of the Government, political parties and civil society, failed after Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister Martha Karua rejected key minimum reforms proposed by a committee formed two months before. The five parties represented were Kanu and LDP , which form ODM Kenya, Ford Kenya, National Labour Party and Mazingira Greens Party of Kenya . Tensions ran high during the meeting of the Multi‐Sectoral Review Forum at the KICC, Nairobi, as co‐chairman Dalmas Otieno and other representatives stormed out, with an MP vowing to take the war to Parliament. Before they left, there had been bitter exchanges between Mr Otieno and Mr Otieno Kajwang’, on one side, and Ms Karua and other proponents of comprehensive reforms on the other. This latest development appears to dash any hopes of enacting a new constitution before the elections expected to be held by December 2007. The representatives of ODM‐K, Ford‐K and several other political parties said on leaving the venue that they would not http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Copyright © 2006 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0001-9844
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1467-825X
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10.1111/j.1467-825X.2006.00653.x
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Five parties abandon the constitutional dialogue. The talks initiated by the Government to give the country a new constitution collapsed on November 16th when the representatives of political parties walked out. The plan, which had brought together representatives of the Government, political parties and civil society, failed after Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister Martha Karua rejected key minimum reforms proposed by a committee formed two months before. The five parties represented were Kanu and LDP , which form ODM Kenya, Ford Kenya, National Labour Party and Mazingira Greens Party of Kenya . Tensions ran high during the meeting of the Multi‐Sectoral Review Forum at the KICC, Nairobi, as co‐chairman Dalmas Otieno and other representatives stormed out, with an MP vowing to take the war to Parliament. Before they left, there had been bitter exchanges between Mr Otieno and Mr Otieno Kajwang’, on one side, and Ms Karua and other proponents of comprehensive reforms on the other. This latest development appears to dash any hopes of enacting a new constitution before the elections expected to be held by December 2007. The representatives of ODM‐K, Ford‐K and several other political parties said on leaving the venue that they would not

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series – Wiley

Published: Dec 1, 2006

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