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The Women Rep Position: Kenya's Most Unique Electoral Experiment
The Women Representative seat is uniquely Kenyan — a constitutional compromise born from the two-thirds gender rule that...
The MCA Electoral Map 2022: 1,450 Ward Races in One Visualization
Kenya's 2022 MCA elections featured 25,468 candidates contesting 1,450 ward seats across 47 counties. With average margi...
Kenya's 1,882 Seats: The Complete Statistical Portrait of 2022
In 2022, Kenya held elections for 1 president, 47 governors, 47 senators, 47 women representatives, 290 MPs, and 1,450 M...
The 2022 Election in Africa's Context: How Kenya Compared to Continental Standards
In 2022, Africa saw coups in Burkina Faso, flawed elections in Angola, and democratic backsliding across the Sahel. Keny...
Senator Races 2022: The Forgotten Contests That Shaped County Power
Kenya's Senate races rarely make headlines, but the 2022 results gave Kenya Kwanza a Senate majority that has shaped eve...
Women Representative Winners 2022: County-by-County Margins
A county-by-county breakdown of all 47 women representative races in 2022. With average winning margins of 11.3% and sev...
The 2022 Campaign Timeline: From Party Primaries to Inauguration Day
A chronological reconstruction of Kenya's 2022 election cycle: party primaries marred by violence, coalition formation c...
Lessons From 2022: Ten Things Kenya's Election Got Right
Amid the drama and petitions, Kenya's 2022 general election achieved several milestones worth celebrating. From biometri...
The Presidential Debate Effect: Did the 2022 Debates Change Any Votes?
Kenya's 2022 presidential debates attracted millions of viewers and dominated social media for days. But polling data be...
How the 2022 Election Was Different From Every One Before It
From the first deputy president to run as the opposition, to the first sitting president to campaign against his own dep...
The National Assembly Class of 2022: A Demographic Profile of 290 MPs
A comprehensive demographic analysis of the 290 MPs elected to Kenya's National Assembly in 2022. The class is 90% male,...
The Independent Candidates of 2022: 5,000 Tried, 14 Won
Running without a party in Kenya is political suicide — unless you're Kawira Mwangaza. Of the 5,000+ independent candida...