-
Kenya: Essential Guide to Kenya's High Stakes Election On 8 August
Crisis Group, 1 August 2017
Kenya's 8 August elections are rapidly approaching and concerns continue to mount over the prospect of electoral violence. In this Q&A, Senior Kenya Analyst Murithi Mutiga… Read more »
1 Week to Polls - Deaths, Fake News, Fear of Violence Haunt Kenya
Days after the death of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission ICT manager, many fear a repeat of the where past elections have turned deadly. According to International Crisis Group, the vote comes ten years after a disputed presidential poll brought the key East African country to the brink of civil war. Major pollsters indicate a gap of 4% between President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga.
Local elections for powerful elected governors are likely to be bitterly contested.
-
Kenya: Kenya Fears Outburst of Election Violence
DW, 31 July 2017
After a top Kenyan election official was tortured and killed with just over a week to go until the elections, many fear more violence could be on the horizon. Kenyan elections have… Read more »
-
Kenya: On the Hopes and Limits of Boniface Mwangi's Revolution
African Arguments, 31 July 2017
On the face of it, much about the coming Kenyan elections on 8 August is reminiscent of the last elections in 2013. Most obviously, the presidential race is once again between… Read more »
-
Kenya: Why Presidential Election On August 8 Matters
Al Jazeera, 31 July 2017
Kenyans will be heading to the polls on August 8 for elections that have been closely followed not just in the Horn of Africa country but across the world. Read more »
-
Kenya: BBC Targeted By Fake News on Kenyan Elections
Nation, 29 July 2017
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has warned of a fake video on Kenya's election being circulated on social media purported to be from its Focus on Africa programme. Read more »
-
Kenya: Group Hopes to Predict Poll Outcome on August 8
Nation, 29 July 2017
A local elections monitoring body says it will predict the presidential election results with nearly pinpoint accuracy from the parallel vote tabulation exercise it will carry out… Read more »
InFocus
-
A mortuary employee says Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission ICT Director Chris Msando's body was brought in by police alongside that of a woman, both were naked and ... Read more »
-
Ugandan cabinet ministers have held a meeting to prepare for elections in neighbouring Rwanda and Kenya, which go to the polls on August 4 and 8 respectively. Read more »
-
In a video in Swahili, English and other local languages, the group threatened to launch attacks to disrupt the elections. Read more »
