Saferworld Kenya: promoting peaceful elections in Kenya

Election violence in Kenya during 2007-8 left 1,300 dead, 600,000 displaced, and underscored deep divides over land, ethnicity, and access to political power.

Ahead of the March 2013 elections, Saferworld worked with key peace, security and election management actors across Kenya to strengthen preparedness and coordination in support of peaceful, free and fair national polls.

Read more about our work in Kenya.

“In 2007, so many people were killed. Some of them were killed right next to my house.”

Roselyne Onunga, Local Capacities for Peace International