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Voter Registration vs Turnout: The 2022 County Disconnect
Analysis of the gap between voter registration and actual turnout across all 47 counties in 2022. While the national ave...
Kiambu's Quiet Rebellion: How Mt. Kenya's Biggest County Split Its Vote
Kiambu, the largest county in Mt. Kenya with 1.3 million registered voters, was the site of the most dramatic split betw...
IEBC Under Siege: How the 2022 Election Exposed Institutional Weakness
A commission split 4-3 on results. Commissioners holding rival press conferences. A chairman physically accosted during...
The Jubilee Party Collapse: From Ruling Party to Footnote in One Election
In 2017, Jubilee Party was an unstoppable machine — winning the presidency, 25 governorships, and dominating both houses...
The Media on Election Night: How TV Stations Covered the 2022 Count
Kenya's 2022 election night coverage was a marathon of live broadcasting, data dashboards, and pundit analysis. Here's h...
How IEBC Managed 46,229 Polling Stations on a Single Day
On August 9, 2022, IEBC operated 46,229 polling stations across Kenya. This deep dive covers the logistics of staffing 3...
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...
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...
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...
The Luo Nyanza Turnout Machine: 93% for Raila and Still Not Enough
Luo Nyanza delivered extraordinary loyalty to Raila Odinga in 2022: 93-97% vote shares across Kisumu, Homa Bay, and Siay...
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...
Election Day Violence Map: Where Kenya's Hotspots Were in 2022
Kenya's 2022 election was largely peaceful — but not entirely. At least 40 incidents of election-related violence were d...