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For specific information on individual countries, please visit the country pages below

·  Ethiopia

·  Eritrea

·  Kenya

·  Seychelles

·  Tanzania

·  Uganda

·  Zanzibar

Election Spotlight

Upcoming

Kenya | Parliamentary By-Election 11 June 2008

The by-elections will be held amidst calls from the civil society and the ODM faction of the Grand Coalition Government for the ECK commissioners to resign and the Kenya EMB to be dissolved and reconstituted

Recent

Kenya | Presidential and Parliamentary 27 Dec 2007

The elections were marked with controversy on the presidential tally with the incumbent President Mwai Kibaki being declared winner sparking post election violence around the country.

For a summary of results click here

Welcome to the Regional Centre page for the region of Eastern Africa. This page is facilitated by IED, an associated member of the ACE network. Here you will find updated information about the region, such as electoral news, case studies and election-related links. To access this material, use the menus to the right. If you need information about other regions, select another Regional Centre from the drop-down menu on the left side.

Regional events

Recent

Ace Presentation

The Institute for Education in Democracy supported by International IDEA held a briefing and presentation of the ACE Electoral Knowledge Network to partners and stakeholders in Nairobi on 30th April 2008 at Grand Regency hotel. The briefing brought together the organisation representatives from international organisations local Non-Governmental Organisations, Civil society organisations and the Local media. In total 14 organisations  and 10 media houses were represented in the 2 hour session.

Conference: 2007 Elections Campaigns in Kenya

A conference was held November 2007 in Nairobi to promote National Dialogue on Issue Based Campaigns and share experiences to recommend policies that can be implemented now and in future entitled "Promoting Issue Based Campaigns". The conference was organized and co-hosted the by Institute for Education in Democracy (IED) and Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD). Click here to read the report

About IED

IED’s vision is an informed and democratic society. Since inception, IED has sought to achieve its vision by provide non-partisan leadership in monitoring the democratic process in Kenya and Africa through programmes in the electoral process, civic/voter education, research and provision of technical assistance. It is committed to a non-partisan approach to issues and promotes the view that an informed citizenry is an empowered citizenry that can take part in the development of their country.