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World Service,11 Nov 2017,53 mins

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BBC World Questions comes to Nairobi to discuss the future of Kenya after two disputed elections. Kenya has the largest economy in Central and Eastern Africa. It is a proud democracy with a liberal economy, but the country is going through troubled times. After months of divisive legal and political processes it is experiencing its worst crisis for a decade. From the University of Nairobi with a large audience, Jonathan Dimbleby and a panel of political and cultural leaders discuss some of the key controversies facing the nation. The panel: Kipchumba Murkomen, Senate Majority Leader Gladys Wanga MP, Women’s Representative for Homa Bay County Nerima Wako, Executive Director of Siasa Place Joy Mdivo, Lawyer and Executive Director of East Africa Centre for Law and Justice BBC World Questions is a series of international events created in partnership with the British Council. (Photo: Kenyans gather in small queues to vote just after dawn at a polling station in Huruma, Nairobi on October 26, 2017.Photo credit: Getty Images)

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