Nairobi's informal settlements, particularly Mathare, Kibera, and Kawangware, experienced intense political violence in which opposition supporters attacked government installations, police stations, and Kikuyu-owned businesses. The violence in urban areas was somewhat different from rural ethnic cleansing but was nonetheless systematic and directed against particular targets. Hundreds died in urban violence, with informal settlement residents bearing the highest casualty rates. The violence demonstrated that post-election conflict transcended rural ethnic divisions and extended into urban political contestation.
See Also
- 2007 post-election violence
- Urban violence Kenya
- Nairobi informal settlements
- Political violence Kenya
Sources
- Waki, Philip et al. (2008). "Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence, Kenya." Government of Kenya. https://www.krckenya.org
- Human Rights Watch (2008). "Ballots to Bullets: Voting Irregularities and Violence in Kenya's 2007 General Elections." New York: HRW. https://www.hrw.org
- Amnesty International (2008). "Kenya: Post-Election Violence and the Criminalization of Peaceful Protest." https://www.amnesty.org
- Branch, Daniel (2011). "Kenya: Between Hope and Despair, 1992-2011." Yale University Press. https://www.yalebooks.com