Kenya Election Insights

Data-driven analysis of Kenya's elections from 2007 to 2022

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Member of the National Assembly Petitions: What the Numbers Teach Campaigns Before 2027 (Part 4)
Member of the National Assembly Petitions: What the Numbers Teach Campaigns Before 2027 (Part 4)

A data-backed legal risk brief for Member of the National Assembly campaigns: filings trend, success rate, and preventio...

May 22, 2025 2 min 6,713
Parallel Vote Tallying: Why Agents Photograph Form 34A and How Votrack Helps
Parallel Vote Tallying: Why Agents Photograph Form 34A and How Votrack Helps

Parallel Vote Tallying (PVT) allows parties to independently verify official results by collecting station-level data fr...

May 20, 2025 8 min 4,067
County Women Member to the National Assembly Petitions: What the Numbers Teach Campaigns Before 2027 (Part 3)
County Women Member to the National Assembly Petitions: What the Numbers Teach Campaigns Before 2027 (Part 3)

A data-backed legal risk brief for County Women Member to the National Assembly campaigns: filings trend, success rate,...

May 15, 2025 2 min 6,483
The BVR Kit Crisis: 27% of Election Technology Had Hardware Defects
The BVR Kit Crisis: 27% of Election Technology Had Hardware Defects

The IEBC deployed 9,976 BVR kits for the 2017 election. But 2,692 hardware defects were recorded across critical compone...

May 15, 2025 5 min 9,718
Senator Petitions: What the Numbers Teach Campaigns Before 2027 (Part 2)
Senator Petitions: What the Numbers Teach Campaigns Before 2027 (Part 2)

A data-backed legal risk brief for Senator campaigns: filings trend, success rate, and prevention strategy for 2027.

May 08, 2025 2 min 5,018
Digital Democracy: 3,032 Polling Stations Had ZERO Network Coverage in 2017
Digital Democracy: 3,032 Polling Stations Had ZERO Network Coverage in 2017

Kenya's 2017 election depended on digital results transmission. But 3,032 of 40,883 polling stations had zero network co...

May 07, 2025 4 min 9,279
What IEBC Expects from Polling Agents: Training, Conduct, and Responsibilities
What IEBC Expects from Polling Agents: Training, Conduct, and Responsibilities

The IEBC expects polling agents to attend training, arrive by 5AM, remain objective, sign statutory forms, avoid campaig...

May 05, 2025 7 min 7,401
Governor Petitions: What the Numbers Teach Campaigns Before 2027 (Part 1)
Governor Petitions: What the Numbers Teach Campaigns Before 2027 (Part 1)

A data-backed legal risk brief for Governor campaigns: filings trend, success rate, and prevention strategy for 2027.

May 01, 2025 2 min 10,044
KIEMS Kit and Biometric Voter Verification: What Agents Need to Know
KIEMS Kit and Biometric Voter Verification: What Agents Need to Know

The Kenya Integrated Election Management System (KIEMS) kit is the technological backbone of modern Kenyan elections. It...

Apr 20, 2025 7 min 7,624
The Electoral Code of Conduct in Kenya: What Every Agent and Candidate Must Follow
The Electoral Code of Conduct in Kenya: What Every Agent and Candidate Must Follow

Kenya's Electoral Code of Conduct binds all candidates, parties, and their agents. It mandates respect for opponents, no...

Apr 05, 2025 6 min 4,984
County and National Tallying: The Final Steps to Declaring Kenya's Election Results
County and National Tallying: The Final Steps to Declaring Kenya's Election Results

After constituency tallying, results flow upward to county and national levels. At the county level, Governor, Senator,...

Mar 08, 2025 6 min 4,461
Constituency Tallying in Kenya: How Results Move from Stations to Declaration
Constituency Tallying in Kenya: How Results Move from Stations to Declaration

At the constituency tallying center, the Returning Officer receives forms from every polling station, verifies seals and...

Feb 22, 2025 6 min 319