William Ruto, Kenya’s current vice president, has been named the victor of the just-concluded presidential election in the East African nation. In order to overcome Raila Odinga, his closest rival, Mr. Ruto received 50.49 percent of the votes cast (7,176,141), whereas Mr. Odinga received 48.85 percent (6,942,930). Additionally, Mr. Ruto received the required 25% of... Read More

October 31, 2017

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[The Injustice Blog] Kenya just showed the world Africa is not ready for “Change”

After the mudslinging and unverified accusations levelled against the Kenyan judiciary by President Uhuru Kenyatta, he was declared the winner of the disputed Kenya Presidential rerun held on Thursday, October 26, 2017. True to his prediction that he will win the elections over and over while addressing his supporters after the Supreme Court annulled the... Read More

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Kenya, Kenya elections, Uhuru Kenyatta

October 16, 2017

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Opinion: What exactly does Raila Odinga want?

by Ayodele Adio While Raila Odinga was delivering a speech on Friday, 13th of October, at the Chatham House (UK) two young men in his hometown, Bondo, were shot dead. They had been part of a large crowd who confronted police officers outside a police station protesting the October 26 election rerun. Lest we forget,... Read More

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Kenya elections, opinion, Raila Odinga

August 17, 2017

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Opinion: Kenya 2017 elections- Lessons for Nigeria

by Jide Ojo Like Nigeria, Kenya is a multi-ethnic, plural society. Another similarity with Nigeria is that it is a British colonised territory. It gained independence from Britain in 1963 while we got ours three years earlier. Kenya was a one party state from 1982 to 1991 but has since become a multi-party state. The... Read More

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INEC, Kenya elections, Kenyatta, opinion

August 10, 2017

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Kenyan opposition leader claims murdered election official’s name used to hack election

Kenyan opposition leader has claimed that hackers used the identity of a murdered official to ‘interfere’ with the results of the election. Wednesday’s early results had seen incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta leading Raila Odinga by 54.8% to 44.4%, where Odinga decried the ‘use of computers’ to tamper with the results, describing it as “fake”. In what... Read More

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Chris Msando, Kenya elections, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta

August 1, 2017

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Head of IT at Kenya’s electoral commission, Msando murdered days to general elections

The man in charge of Kenya’s computerised voting system, Chris Msando has been murdered, days before the general election on August 8. Msando, the electoral commission’s IT manager, had been reported by the BBC to be missing on Friday. “There was no doubt he was tortured and murdered,” said the chairperson of the country’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries... Read More

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