“Still Behaving Badly”: Second Periodic Report of the Election-Monitoring Project

This is the second report of the KNCHRs elections monitoring project. The monitoring project began in October 2007, and the first report was released on November 2nd, 2007. The findings of the current report are based on field reports by our monitoring team and collaborating partners as well as published reports from the print and electronic media.

The following violations of the electoral code of conduct among other electoral malpractices form the core focus of the KNCHR election-monitoring project

• Misuse and misappropriation of public resources by either side of thecampaign (public offices and buildings, public finances);
• Participation of public officers (provincial administration, civil servants,heads of parastatals etc) in the campaigns;
• Incitement to violence, incidences of violence; and
• Use of hate speech particularly on ethnic and gender lines by politicians and the media.