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The MCA Landscape: 1,448 Wards, 41 Parties, and the Most Diverse Political Arena
The 2017 MCA elections were the most politically diverse contest in Kenya. While 21 parties won National Assembly seats,...
Party Dominance in Parliament: How Jubilee Won 140 of 289 MP Seats in 2017
In 2017, Kenya's National Assembly was elected across 290 constituencies. Twenty-one different political parties won sea...
How Polling Agents Get Accredited: The IEBC Accreditation Process Explained
Before a polling agent can set foot inside a polling station, they must be formally accredited by the IEBC. This guide e...
Four Categories of Election Agents in Kenya: From National Chief to Polling Station
Not all election agents are equal. Kenya's Elections Act creates a four-tier hierarchy of agents, from the National Pres...
What Is a Polling Agent? Roles, Rights, and Responsibilities in Kenya Elections
Under Kenya's Elections Act, every candidate and political party is entitled to appoint one agent per polling station. T...
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...
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 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...
The Youth Candidate Wave: Under-35s Who Ran for MCA in 2022
Kenya's MCA race is where political careers begin, and in 2022, thousands of young candidates threw their hats in. The d...
The Cost of Running for Office in 2022: Campaign Finance Data Exposed
Kenya's 2022 elections were the most expensive in the country's history, with total campaign spending estimated at KES 1...
How Kenya Kwanza Built a Winning Coalition: Lessons in Alliance Arithmetic
Kenya Kwanza brought together UDA, ANC, Ford-Kenya, and smaller parties into a coalition that covered every region and c...