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2022 County Spotlight: Siaya — 98.60% for the late Raila, the Ultimate Stronghold
Siaya County gave the late Raila Odinga 371,092 votes out of 376,354 valid votes — a staggering 98.60%. William Ruto rec...
2022's Closest Races: Where a Few Hundred Votes Changed Everything
Kenya's 2022 election produced some of the tightest margins in the country's multiparty history. At the presidential lev...
2022 County Spotlight: Kakamega — Western Kenya’s Biggest Electorate
With 844,709 registered voters, Kakamega County is Western Kenya's electoral heavyweight. Raila Odinga won it with 71.04...
2022 County Spotlight: Murang’a — 81.68% for Ruto in Kenyatta’s Backyard
Murang’a County gave William Ruto 343,349 votes (81.68%) in 2022, one of the strongest showings in Mt. Kenya. This from...
Kenyans Abroad: Diaspora Voting Grew from 2,637 to 10,443 Voters
Kenya's diaspora voter roll grew nearly fourfold from 2013 to 2022. What started as a small pilot in 5 African countries...
2022 County Spotlight: Mombasa — The County Where Only 43% Voted
With 642,362 registered voters and a turnout of just 43.76%, Mombasa recorded the lowest turnout of any major Kenyan cou...
2022 County Spotlight: Kiambu — From Kenyatta Country to Ruto Territory
Kiambu County, home to the Kenyatta dynasty and Kenya’s second-largest electorate at 1.28 million voters, flipped from K...
Presidential Strongholds: Where 90%+ of Voters Chose One Candidate
Kenyan presidential elections are decided in a handful of swing counties. But the story starts in the strongholds, where...
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...
2022 County Spotlight: Nairobi — 2.42 Million Voters, 12,869 Rejected Ballots
Nairobi County had 2,416,551 registered voters in 2022 — the largest electorate in Kenya. Odinga won it with 767,395 vot...
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....