Kenya's 2007 general election and presidential vote

Consequences

what this set in motion, following the causal links

• triggered The 2007-08 post-election violence 2007 The disputed presidential result triggered the violence.
• triggered Disputed election triggers Kenya's post-election violence 2007 The disputed presidential count triggered the national crisis.
• triggered National Accord ends the crisis and calls for a truth commission 2008 The violence forced international mediation and power-sharing.
• triggered Kofi Annan hands the Waki envelope to the ICC prosecutor 2009 The failure to build a domestic accountability mechanism moved the file to the ICC.
• enabled Waki Commission report handed to Kibaki and Odinga 2008 The Accord process created the post-election-violence inquiry path.
• enabled ICC prosecutor names Uhuru and Ruto among the Ocampo Six 2010 The Waki material formed part of the ICC path to suspects.
• enabled The 2010 constitution and devolution 2010 The settlement reopened constitutional reform as part of long-term reform.
• enabled TNA and URP forge the Jubilee Alliance 2012 The ICC cases helped align Uhuru and Ruto politically.
• preceded Kibaki hands over power to Uhuru Kenyatta 2013 The 2013 handover happened under the post-2010 constitutional order.
• enabled Uhuru becomes the first president of devolved Kenya 2013 The 2010 Constitution created the county order Uhuru governed under.
• preceded ICC withdraws charges against President Uhuru Kenyatta 2014 The confirmed case later collapsed before trial.
• enabled Uhuru wins the 2013 presidential election under ICC cloud 2013 The Jubilee alliance delivered the 2013 presidential win.
• enabled Jubilee uses Christian peace and born-again election language 2013 The Uhuru-Ruto alliance gave the Christian peace-and-renewal narrative its political vehicle.
• triggered Kibaki hands over power to Uhuru Kenyatta 2013 The upheld election enabled the handover.
• enabled Uhuru wins the 2013 presidential election under ICC cloud 2013 The religious peace narrative was one part of the successful Jubilee campaign appeal.