Kenyan Settlement was a bad precedent

Kenya set a bad precedent as every African president who loses an election will now want to cling to power, expecting a power-sharing deal, remarks Martin Tairo Maseghe.

He says this is what is happening in Zimbabwe, with Robert Mugabe, who lost in the first round to MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, still calling the shots. Martin fears the same could happen in Senegal, where Abdoulaye Wade is embroiled in a bitter succession battle.


Published in the Daily Nation of 28th December, 2008