{"id":7682,"date":"2019-06-19T01:42:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T01:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alcafricanradio.com\/?post_type=ova_audio&#038;p=7682"},"modified":"2025-03-31T14:46:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T14:46:23","slug":"talking-africa-the-future-of-democratic-governance-in-africa-perspectives-from-kenya","status":"publish","type":"ova_audio","link":"https:\/\/alcafricanradio.com\/index.php\/audio\/talking-africa-the-future-of-democratic-governance-in-africa-perspectives-from-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Democratic Governance in Africa\u2013Perspectives from Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7682\" class=\"elementor elementor-7682\" data-elementor-post-type=\"ova_audio\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2b1b05 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c2b1b05\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fbe8ce e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4fbe8ce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f87f335 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-podover_elementor_heading\" data-id=\"f87f335\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;ova-move-up&quot;,&quot;_animation_tablet&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"podover_elementor_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ova-title\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title\">Talking Africa Programme<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-592f42d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"592f42d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc1842d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc1842d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"selectionShareable\">Democracy in much of Africa is constrained from delivering on its development potential for three reasons. Scholars and practitioners have summed this up in the lack of governance capacity and malpractices that undermine electoral democracy. But does this mean the future of democracy is bleak? In this Talking Africa Program, Desmond Davis engages Professor. Karuti Kanyinga Associate Research Professor of Development Studies at the Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi. 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