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Serving the regime: The state police and Kenya's electoral authoritarianism (2022)
Book Chapter
Wairuri, K. (2022). Serving the regime: The state police and Kenya's electoral authoritarianism. In J. Bach (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of the Horn of Africa (354-366). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429426957-34

This chapter seeks to understand the designation of Kenya as a competitive authoritarian state through an examination of the use of the state police to, as it were, police politics. The use of state security apparatuses to enhance the capacity of the... Read More about Serving the regime: The state police and Kenya's electoral authoritarianism.

Explaining and Mitigating Elections-Related Violence and Human Rights Violations in Kenya (2015)
Book Chapter
Ruteere, M., & Wairuri, K. (2015). Explaining and Mitigating Elections-Related Violence and Human Rights Violations in Kenya. In K. Njogu, & P. Wafula Wekesa (Eds.), Kenya's 2013 General Election: Stakes, Practices and Outcomes (112-123). Twaweza Communic

Much of the literature on human rights and elections-related violence in Kenya focuses on the patterns and nature of the human rights violations and assessment of the relevant norms that these acts transgress. Explanations of why the violations occur... Read More about Explaining and Mitigating Elections-Related Violence and Human Rights Violations in Kenya.