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Tough electoral laws will strengthen Kenya

The Independent Review Commission, which investigated the disputed December 2007 presidential vote, brought to the fore what Kenyans had known all along – the electoral system was rotten. Its verdict was that it was impossible to conduct credible elections with prevailing structures.

Irec, headed by Justice Johann Kriegler, gave a damning verdict of the poll, whose outcome sparked widespread violence: The results were irretrievably polluted by irregularities at every stage.

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