Subject: TOMORROW - NDI/USIP event: Perspectives on the Pre-Election Environment in Kenya
From: "Alexandra Calambokidis" <[email-masked]>
To: "undisclosed-recipients:"
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 12:00:08 -0400

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The National Democratic Institute and the U.S. Institute of Peace
invite you to attend a discussion on

*Perspectives on the Pre-Election Environment in Kenya*

* Wednesday, April 19, 2017*
*10:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m.*

*National Democratic Institute*
*455 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC *
*8th Floor Board Room*

The National Democratic Institute (NDI) deployed an international
delegation to Kenya from April 3-7, 2017. The purpose of the mission was to
assess preparations for Kenya's general elections, scheduled for August 8,
2017. The delegation included regional and election experts from North
America, Europe and Africa: former chair of South Africa’s Independent
Electoral Commission, Dr. Brigalia Bam; former chair of Nigeria’s
Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega; NDI
senior associate and director of electoral programs, Pat Merloe;
International Republican Institute (IRI) board member and former assistant
secretary of state for Africa, Constance Newman; NDI senior associate and
director for Southern and East Africa, Dr. Keith Jennings; and NDI director
of gender, women and democracy, Sandra Pepera.

The delegation met with: the Chairman and Commissioners of the Independent
Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) as well as its CEO; political
party leaders; government officials; the Chief Justice; the Speaker of the
National Assembly, religious and civic leaders, including gender, youth,
peacebuilding, election monitoring and media sectors; and representatives
of the international community. The consultations examined election
preparations, assessed the political environment, and offered
recommendations that Kenyan citizens, civil society, political parties, and
the government can take to ensure the integrity and peacefulness of the
electoral process.

Please join some members of the delegation as they discuss their findings
and recommendations, which included recommendations focused on ensuring
electoral integrity and ensuring peaceful elections, as well as insights
from experts at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP).

*Please RSVP online by Tuesday, April 18*
*RSVP <https://goo.gl/mF1e7B>: **https://goo.gl/mF1e7B
<https://goo.gl/mF1e7B>*

*Speakers include:*

*Jonas Claes*
USIP Senior Program Officer, Preventing Election Violence

*Keith Jennings*
NDI Senior Associate and Regional Director for Southern and East Africa

*Pat Merloe*
NDI Senior Associate and Director of Electoral Programs

*Constance Newman*
IRI Board Member and former Assistant Secretary of State for Africa

*Sandra Pepera*
NDI Director of Gender, Women and Democracy Program