Kenya's Democracy

Three Reasons Why Kenya’s Democracy Triumphed

East Africa, Elections and Democracy, Headline

Edi­tor’s Note: The August 2022 Kenya pres­i­den­tial elec­tion result­ed in a dis­pute that was resolved by the Supreme Court. Con­trary to pre­dic­tions that the dis­pute may result in vio­lence, the sit­u­a­tion end­ed with a peace­ful trans­fer of pow­er from the admin­is­tra­tion of Pres­i­dent Uhu­ru Keny­at­ta to a new admin­is­tra­tion led by for­mer Deputy Pres­i­dent William…

William Ruto Wins “Transparent Kenya Elections”

East Africa, Headline

William Ruto was recent­ly declared pres­i­­dent-elect of Kenya, but vic­to­ry did not not come with­out con­tes­ta­tion. For­mer Prime Min­is­ter Raila Odin­ga, the run­n­er-up, is chal­leng­ing the results. Odin­ga received 48.8 % of the votes com­pared to 50.5 % for Ruto.  Accord­ing to the British Broad­cast­ing Cor­po­ra­tion (BBC), Odin­ga referred to the results as “null and void.”…

How Raila Odinga Lost His Stronghold, Then Kenya’s Presidency

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In his fifth, and pos­si­bly last, bid for pres­i­dent, Raila Odin­ga failed to enthuse a cru­cial bloc of vot­ers in his own back­yard that would have cat­a­pult­ed him to the top job. KISUMU, Kenya — For decades, Kenya’s vet­er­an oppo­si­tion politi­cian Raila Odin­ga has been the chief polit­i­cal pow­er bro­ker in the west­ern coun­ties around Lake…