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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...
Coast Region 2022: Joho's Exit, Nassir's Rise, and the Governor Musical Chairs
The Coast region experienced a complete political reset in 2022. Every single governor was replaced. Joho left Mombasa,...
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...
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...
Data Integrity in 2022: How the Results Verification Process Actually Worked
From the moment a presiding officer finishes counting ballots to the moment the IEBC chairperson declares results at Bom...
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...
Women Governors 2022: The Seven Who Made It and What Their Counties Look Like
Kenya elected a record 7 women governors in 2022, up from 3 in 2017. This analysis profiles each winner, examines the co...
Polling Station Disputes 2022: When Results Were Announced Before Counting Finished
The 2022 election saw disputes at hundreds of polling stations — from premature result announcements to agent exclusion...
Network Coverage on Election Day 2022: Which Counties Had Connectivity Problems
Network connectivity failures affected results transmission from at least 879 polling stations in the 2022 general elect...
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...