What could ultimately turn out to be a seminal event in Kenyan politics took place last week. Although it was inexplicably given only passing attention by the media, the conference bringing together the who's who in civil society, politics, the Judiciary, constitutional commissions and human rights, democracy and governance lobbies could, at some point in the future, come to be seen as a defining moment in the push for reform ahead of the 2022 elections.
Dubbed the 'National Dialogue Conference on Electoral Reform', the pow-wow convened by the Kenya Human Rights Commission and the Elections Observer Group may well have remained faithful to the theme around integrity of the electoral processes.
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