Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Mark Bellamy, a senior fellow with the CSIS Africa Program, was quoted by Fortune, "Kenya's Stability in the Balance."
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Mark Bellamy, a senior fellow with the CSIS Africa Program, was quoted by Fortune, "Kenya's Stability in the Balance."
After doubts over the accuracy of presidential election results in Kenya sparked riots and disrupted transportation, analysts say the country's economy can recover-provided there is a swift political resolution to the crisis.
Incumbent president Mwai Kibaki beat opposition candidate Raila Odinga in the Dec. 27 election. However, observers have criticized abnormalities in the vote-count process and both sides have launched accusations of rigging. Since Kibaki returned to the State House, hundreds have died as violent protests destroyed homes and livelihoods, while diplomats from Africa, Europe and the United States have pushed for a resolution. [...]
"Kenya has been doing well for a nation that doesn't have much in the way of resources," says Mark Bellamy, a former U.S. Ambassador to the country and a senior resident fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. However, it will be "difficult for the country to rebound" if the ruling party rejects calls for a negotiated settlement, after widely cited problems with the vote counting. Read the article
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