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Nandi and Uasin Gishu: Inside UDA's Two Fortress Counties
Nandi and Uasin Gishu are the twin engines of UDA's electoral machine. In 2022, they delivered a combined net margin of...
Counting Irregularities: 15 Constituencies Where Results Were Contested
The 2022 election generated over 200 election petitions, but some constituencies stood out for the severity of their cou...
The Gender Gap in 2022: Only 29 Women Won Parliamentary Seats
Kenya's Constitution requires that no more than two-thirds of any elective body be of one gender. Twelve years after thi...
Governor Races 2022: 15 Counties Where the Winner Got Less Than 55%
In 2022, fifteen governor races were won with less than 55% of the vote — margins so thin that voter mobilization or tur...
The Youth Candidate Wave: Under-35s Who Ran for MCA in 2022
Kenya's MCA race is where political careers begin, and in 2022, thousands of young candidates threw their hats in. The d...
First-Time Candidates Who Won in 2022: The Outsiders Who Beat the Odds
In a political system dominated by money, incumbency, and ethnic arithmetic, 2022 saw a remarkable wave of first-time ca...
Voter Registration vs Turnout: The 2022 County Disconnect
Analysis of the gap between voter registration and actual turnout across all 47 counties in 2022. While the national ave...
Kiambu's Quiet Rebellion: How Mt. Kenya's Biggest County Split Its Vote
Kiambu, the largest county in Mt. Kenya with 1.3 million registered voters, was the site of the most dramatic split betw...
IEBC Under Siege: How the 2022 Election Exposed Institutional Weakness
A commission split 4-3 on results. Commissioners holding rival press conferences. A chairman physically accosted during...
The Media on Election Night: How TV Stations Covered the 2022 Count
Kenya's 2022 election night coverage was a marathon of live broadcasting, data dashboards, and pundit analysis. Here's h...
Election Observers in 2022: What International Monitors Actually Found
The EU, AU, Commonwealth, and domestic observer groups all filed detailed reports on Kenya's 2022 election. What they ac...
The Cost of Running for Office in 2022: Campaign Finance Data Exposed
Kenya's 2022 elections were the most expensive in the country's history, with total campaign spending estimated at KES 1...