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2022's Historic Low Turnout: Only 64.77% of Registered Voters Showed Up
Kenya's 2022 general election recorded a turnout of just 64.77% — a dramatic 13-point plunge from 78% in 2017. Out of 22...
Voter Registration: Where Kenya Added 8 Million Voters in 9 Years
Kenya's voter register grew from 14.4 million in 2013 to 22.1 million in 2022. That is 7.7 million new voters in 9 years...
Rejected Ballots: How Kenya Cut Spoiled Votes From 1.5% to 0.8%
Every election, thousands of Kenyan ballots get rejected. A stray mark, a vote for two candidates, an unclear intention....
The Great Turnout Decline: From 86% in 2013 to 65% in 2022
Kenya's voter turnout dropped 21 percentage points in just three election cycles. Central Province went from 92% to unde...
The Final IEBC Tally: Breaking Down Form 34C Number by Number
The Form 34C is where Kenya's presidential election officially ends. We break down every line item on the 2022 declarati...
Elgeyo Marakwet 2022: A County Study in Political Loyalty
With 93.7% for Ruto in the presidential race and UDA sweeping every seat, Elgeyo Marakwet is a case study in total polit...
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...
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...
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...
Election Day Violence Map: Where Kenya's Hotspots Were in 2022
Kenya's 2022 election was largely peaceful — but not entirely. At least 40 incidents of election-related violence were d...
The Rift Valley Machine: How UDA Won 90%+ in 14 Counties
UDA swept the Rift Valley with staggering margins in 2022 — 14 counties above 90%, five above 95%. The Kalenjin heartlan...
Azimio's Stronghold Paradox: Winning Counties but Losing the Election
Raila Odinga's Azimio coalition won 22 of 47 counties in the presidential race. Kenya Kwanza won 25. But the real story...