Kenya: The Kenyan Elections Teach Us to Expect the Unexpected

1 September 2017
opinion

A Supreme Court decision to hold new elections - that's something that nobody expected. Possibly not even Kenya's opposition, which had initially ruled out the possibility of taking the legal path.

It's strange how, all of a sudden, the people who wanted nothing more than for things to return to "business as usual" are now gripped by the excitement of fresh elections - myself, I guess, included. For one week after August 8, businesses were shut out of fear of protests and riots. For one week, walking through traffic-free downtown Nairobi felt like a stroll in the park, as the country waited for the opposition to adopt a final position on the elections.

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