ABSTRACT
This chapter draws upon Cheeseman's fieldwork and interviews in Kenya before, during and after the implementation of the power-sharing government and Murray's involvement in the constitution-making process. It examines the historical and constitutional background to the power-sharing agreement, and explains the roots of the 'Kenya crisis' of 2007/2008. The chapter evaluates the successes and failures of the power-sharing deal, including the 2010 Constitution, and reflects upon what lessons other countries can learn from the Kenyan experience. Kenya's 2007 elections led to unprecedented ethnic violence in which over 1,000 people died and more than 600,000 were displaced. The crisis was resolved when the main parties agreed to a new form of power-sharing to tide the country over until new elections could be held. When the National Assembly rejected the Special Tribunal for Kenya Bill, 2009 by 101 votes to 93 on 12 February, it became impossible for Kenya to meet Annan's 1 March deadline for the creation of a domestic tribunal.
