Tagged: Kenya
The Election Network
Kenyans in these African countries will vote in the presidential elections this year
Kenya’s electoral commission is mandated by the constitution to register eligible Kenyan voters in preparation for the general elections in August. This year, Kenyans residing in five African countries will be given the opportunity to register and participate in the elections. The electoral commission will conduct voter registration in Pretoria, South Africa; Arusha and Dar […]
George Okore
Time is running out on Kenya’s electoral commission
With only 165 days left to go before Kenya’s general election, questions abound as to whether the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the country’s elections management body, will be able to meet the August 8 election deadline. On January 16, the IEBC began the second and last mass voter registration exercise. The process, which […]
Kenne Mwikya
Kenya’s high stakes elections risks a repeat of 2007/2008 bloodshed
In 2007, Sheila* was a teenager but was old enough to know that something in Kenya’s political psyche was amiss. That year counts as the worst year in her life, she lost both her parents to Kenya’s election violence, which took place in late 2007 and early 2008. “My parents were hacked to death because […]