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Happy International Tea Day

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Ken

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politics interlude . . . (of course the image of a worker on a tea plantation can be politically freighted . . .)

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FOIA Cables and the 2007 Kenyan election--a series

a. Lessons for Kenya's 2012 election from the truth trickling out about 2007–New cables from FOIA (Part One)
b. Lessons from the 2007 elections and the new FOIA cables–Part Two
c. Lessons from the 2007 Kenyan election and the new FOIA cables–Part Three
d. Lessons from the 2007 elections and the new FOIA cables–Part Four
e. Lessons from the 2007 elections and the new FOIA cables–Part Five
f. Part Six–What did the U.S. Ambassador report to Washington the day after the Kenyan election?
g. Part Seven–One last FOIA cable on the 2007 Exit Poll
h. Part Eight–New Kenya FOIA documents: Diplomacy vs. Assistance Revisted; or Why Observe Elections If We Don't Tell People What We See?
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International Commission of Jurists–Kenyan Section
Inuka Kenya Trust
Kenya Human Rights Commission
National Council of Churches of Kenya
Transparency Int'l-Kenya

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"Kenya: a country fragmented" – Africa Research Institute
"Turning Pebbles: Evading Accountability for Post-Election Violence in Kenya"–Human Rights Watch, Dec. '11
Commission of Inquiry into 2007 elections (Kriegler Commssion)
Commission of Inquiry into Post Election Violence (Waki Report)
USAID–Assessment of the Pre-electoral Environment: AN EVALUATION OF SUPPORT TO THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR . . . 2007 ELECTIONS

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Africa Center for Security Studies
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U.S. Senate Resolution on 2013 Kenya Election, etc. (bipartisan; unanimous consent)
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