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The 2022 Party List: How Proportional Representation Seats Were Allocated
Kenya's party list system allocates nominated seats in the National Assembly, Senate, and County Assemblies to ensure co...
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...
How Ballot Paper Design Affected Rejected Votes in 2022
In an election decided by 233,000 votes, the 113,614 rejected presidential ballots were not trivial. Analysis of rejecte...
Diaspora Voting 2022: The Promise That Was Never Delivered
Despite a constitutional right to vote, an estimated 3 million Kenyans living abroad were unable to participate in the 2...
Post-Election Petitions in 2022: 200+ Cases That Went to Court
The 2022 election generated 203 petitions challenging results at every level. From the Supreme Court presidential challe...
Party Agent Reports vs Official Results: Where the Numbers Didn't Match in 2022
When party agents' tallies don't match the official IEBC form, it could be a simple math error or something more concern...
Vote Buying in 2022: The Open Secret Everyone Knows But Nobody Stops
Vote buying is illegal in Kenya. It's also ubiquitous. In 2022, cash distribution during campaigns reached industrial sc...
Governor Term Limits 2022: The 21 First-Term Governors and Their Records
Kenya's 2022 elections saw 26 term-limited governors exit and 21 first-term governors eligible to run again. Only 14 sou...
Post-Election Kenya 2022: The Peaceful Transfer of Power That Surprised the World
William Ruto's inauguration on September 13, 2022, completed Kenya's most contentious but ultimately peaceful power tran...
Wajir, Garissa, and Mandera: The North Eastern Bloc in 2022
Kenya's three North Eastern counties — Wajir, Garissa, and Mandera — have distinctive electoral dynamics: clan-based pol...
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...
Turkana and Marsabit: How Pastoralist Counties Voted in 2022
Pastoralist counties in northern Kenya face unique electoral challenges — vast distances, nomadic populations, and secur...