Kenya Election Fallout Makes Institutional Challenges Impossible to Ignore

3 November 2017
analysis

Without political compromise, support for the judiciary and steps to tackle police abuses, Kenya faces a turbulent future.

Kenya's presidential election of 8 August was annulled by the Supreme Court, which ruled it unconstitutional - a historic first for the country, and for Africa. The election was repeated on 26 October. Turnout fell from 79.5 per cent to 38.8 per cent as the effects of opposition leader Raila Odinga's boycott, broader public disenchantment with the credibility of the process and political fatigue made themselves felt. Even in areas supportive of the incumbent, President Uhuru Kenyatta, participation dropped sharply. On Monday 30 October, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) declared Kenyatta the winner, with 98 per cent of the vote.

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