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Refugees are still the unwanted, to borrow the title of michael marruss famous 1985 book. This book was published as a special issue of the journal of contemporary african studies. Kagwanja is currently the chief executive and founding president of the africa policy institute api, a panafrican think tank that conducts policyrelevant research to develop solutions to public policy. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading kenyas uncertain democracy. Peter mwangi kagwanja is the director, international crisis group southern africa and research associate, center for international political studies, university of pretoria, south africa. In this painstakingly researched and insightful book, professor peter kagwanja and coauthor, humphrey ringera, offer a lucid panoramic view of contemporary kenyan politics peered through the lenses of one of the iconic figures of the countrys postmau mau power elite kiraitu murungi. The new constitution deal by the parliamentary select.
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