What You Need To Know (Kenya) #1

History:

President Mwai Kibaki claimed victory in controversial presidential elections in December 2007. His oath of allegiance for a second term in office prompted a wave of unrest across the country and 300 people were killed in the bloodshed that followed the polls. Opposite candidate Raila Odinga rejected Kibaki's victory and accused the government of rigging the result.When President Kibaki's National Rainbow Coalition (Narc) won a parliamentary majority in 2002, he promised to fight against corruption. However, both former and current ministers became embroiled in a corruption scandal. Furthermore, voters rejected a draft constitution in a referendum in late 2005. While the president presented it as a modernising measure, his opponents said that it would have left too much power in the hands of the president. Kibaki responded by getting rid of his entire cabinet and appointed new ministers.