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3 Reasons Why This Controversial Kenyan Electoral Commissioner Resigned

Roselyn Akombe, an outspoken, media savvy commissioner at Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has called it quits. According to a personal statement made available to the press, the commissioner who is one out of seven electoral commissioners, ruled out IEBC’s ability to conduct a credible election on the 26th of October. The commissioner’s resignation did not surprise […]

Winnie Kimani

Uhuru Kenyatta is the winner of Kenya’s presidential elections

KENYA- The nation just collectively breathed a sigh of relief at the declaration of the presidential elections. Chairman of the IEBC Wafula Chebukati declared Jubilee Party’s Uhuru Kenyatta the winner of the 2017 general elections from the Bomas of Kenya, following what could be termed the most controversial electoral process in the East African nation’s […]

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 […]