Kenya Election Insights

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

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Election Observers in 2022: What International Monitors Actually Found
Election Observers in 2022: What International Monitors Actually Found

The EU, AU, Commonwealth, and domestic observer groups all filed detailed reports on Kenya's 2022 election. What they ac...

Nov 15, 2022 4 min 7,373
The KIEMS Kit Success Story: 97% of Voters Verified Biometrically in 2022
The KIEMS Kit Success Story: 97% of Voters Verified Biometrically in 2022

The Kenya Integrated Election Management System (KIEMS) kits verified 97% of all voters biometrically in 2022. With 46,2...

Nov 14, 2022 6 min 10,749
The Form 34A Saga: Why Polling Station Results Forms Became the Most Contested Document
The Form 34A Saga: Why Polling Station Results Forms Became the Most Contested Document

Form 34A is a single piece of paper: the polling station result form. Yet in 2022, these 46,229 documents became the cen...

Nov 08, 2022 6 min 2,370
The Whistle-Blower IEBC Commissioners: Juliana Cherera and the Minority Report
The Whistle-Blower IEBC Commissioners: Juliana Cherera and the Minority Report

On August 15, 2022, IEBC Vice Chair Juliana Cherera and three other commissioners broke ranks with Chairman Wafula Chebu...

Oct 30, 2022 6 min 8,428
The Servers Controversy: Real-Time Results Transmission in 2022
The Servers Controversy: Real-Time Results Transmission in 2022

The 2022 results transmission system was Kenya's most advanced yet — KIEMS kits, 4G backup, and real-time portal uploads...

Sep 28, 2022 4 min 10,356
Election Night Timeline: A Minute-by-Minute Account of August 9, 2022
Election Night Timeline: A Minute-by-Minute Account of August 9, 2022

From the moment polls closed at 5pm on August 9, 2022, Kenya entered a 96-hour limbo. The IEBC's results transmission sy...

Sep 15, 2022 6 min 10,661
The 2022 Supreme Court Petition: What the Judges Said and Why It Matters
The 2022 Supreme Court Petition: What the Judges Said and Why It Matters

Raila Odinga's petition challenging Ruto's victory was the third presidential election petition in Kenya's history. The...

Sep 06, 2022 4 min 7,726
KIEMS Kit Failures on Election Day 2022: A County-by-County Breakdown
KIEMS Kit Failures on Election Day 2022: A County-by-County Breakdown

Kenya invested KES 8 billion in KIEMS kits to ensure biometric voter identification and electronic results transmission....

Aug 25, 2022 4 min 9,078
The Night Kenya Held Its Breath: Inside the 72-Hour Wait for 2022 Presidential Results
The Night Kenya Held Its Breath: Inside the 72-Hour Wait for 2022 Presidential Results

From the moment polls closed on August 9th to Wafula Chebukati's dramatic announcement on August 15th, Kenya endured its...

Aug 15, 2022 4 min 8,423