Kenya: Lessons From a Flawed Election

There is strong empirical evidence to support the correlation between effective term limits and the quality of democracy.

Stymied in his effort to secure a third term, President Joseph Kabila manipulated the electoral process in order to secure a compliant successor.

Despite signs of a cautious willingness to allow more political competition, the regime of newly reelected president Yoweri Museveni fell back on familiar habits of brutal repression when public unrest…