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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...
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 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...
The Role of Social Media in 2022: WhatsApp, TikTok, and the New Campaign Trail
Kenya's 2022 election was the first where social media spending rivaled traditional media budgets. WhatsApp groups becam...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Nairobi 2022: How the Capital's 2.2 Million Voters Split Their Tickets
Kenya's capital is the only county where voters routinely split their tickets across parties. In 2022, Nairobi's 2.2 mil...
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...
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...