Kenya Frontrunners Hail From Powerful Political Dynasties

Author:
AlJazeera English
Publisher:
AlJazeera English
Publication Date:
3 March 2013
Tags:
Kenya, Governance

The favourites to win in Kenya's presidential election are Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga, the heads of Kenya's most prominent political dynasties. They will need to secure a clear 51 percent majority in the first round to avoid a run-off. As Nazanine Moshiri reports, one of them will become only the fourth Kenyan president in fifty years.

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