The transitional justice mechanisms following the 2007/2008 post-election violence in Kenya did not live to their expectations. This was the gist of Prof Gabrielle Lynch’s seminar presentation hosted by IDS on 24th September 2020.
Kisumu Campus hosted the institute for Development Studies (IDS), and informal worker’s organization and social protection (SPIWORK) project on social protection and informal economy research project for the period 2017-2020 being implemented by the IDS in collaboration with Roskilde University in Denmark and Mzumbe University in Tanzania.
The Institute for Development Studies (IDS), the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), the Rift Valley Institute (RVI), and Rako Research and Communication Centre based in Hargeisa, Somaliland, will launch a collaborative research project on Diaspora Humanitarianism in Complex Crises (D-Hum).
According to the Afrobarometer Round 8 Survey, Kenyans are divided over their assessments of the economy but are generally not happy with the country’s performance.
By Otuma Ongalo
This is the big question that the first Institute for Development Studies (IDS) seminar in the new year ,2020, will address, based on the Afrobarometer survey conducted in September last year.
Young people aged 18-35 years are more optimistic about the future of Kenya compared to the elderly people who are aged 51 years and above. This is the findings by Afrobarometer, an organization that closely works with the University of Nairobi research think-tank Institute of Development Studies.
Kenyan transport sector has been chaotic, with matatus and buses operating with minimum regard to road safety. The Institute for Development Studies( IDS), together with other partners, endeavors to develop a Socially Just Public Transport (SJPT)model that solves the ills of the modern day chaotic transport system.
The idea that Kenya is made up of 42(+) tribes is widespread, but the origins, nature and consequences of any list of these tribes are not well known. This was the issue in focus during the IDS seminar by Dr Samantha Balaton-Chrimes on 5th December 2019.
