Muema Wambua – Kujenga Amani

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Muema Wambua

Muema Wambua is a PhD candidate in international relations at the United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa). He holds a Master of Arts in international relations (summa cum laude) from USIU-Africa and a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honors) from Kenyatta University, Kenya. He is the author of “The Ethnification of Electoral Conflicts in Kenya: Options for Positive Peace” and “Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding: The ICC and TJRC Processes in Kenya.” He has a keen interest in peace and conflict research, in particular, on international interventions in conflict transformation processes. In addition, he is a director in charge of Investment and Industrialization in the Government of Machakos County, Kenya, and is also a sessional lecturer in the Department of Peace and International Studies at Daystar University, Kenya. He is a 2019-2020 Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Dissertation Research fellow.

Building Bridges Initiative: Is the Kenyatta-Odinga Handshake the Panacea for Kenya’s Peacebuilding Agenda?

Muema Wambua·

November 14, 2019

In the wake of the 2007 electoral conflict, international actors intervened to restore peace in Kenya. The African Union (AU)-mandated,…

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Kenya's 2017 Presidential Election

The Bankruptcy of Peace, and of the Constitution, in Kenya’s 2017 Elections

Muema Wambua·

August 4, 2017

Peace March in Kibera with signs saying "Stop and Think Peace in Kibera" and "Peace" on a rainbow background with a peace sign.

The 2010 Constitution of Kenya is transformative, to say the least. It is, however, bankrupt on peace; so is the…

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