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2022 County Spotlight: West Pokot — The Rift Valley Outlier at 63% for Ruto
West Pokot gave Ruto 63.29% in 2022, making it the least Ruto-dominant county in the Kalenjin Rift Valley. With 220,042...
2022 County Spotlight: Tana River, Lamu, and the Coast Margins
While Mombasa and Kilifi delivered commanding Odinga margins, Tana River and Lamu told a different Coast story. Odinga w...
County Spotlight: Nyeri and Kirinyaga — The Mt. Kenya Core in 2022
In 2022, Nyeri and Kirinyaga were the ideological heart of Mt. Kenya's support for William Ruto. Nyeri delivered 272,507...
How Biometric Technology Evolved from 2013 to 2022
Kenya's election technology evolved from basic BVR kits (2012) to fingerprint-only KIEMS (2017) to multi-modal biometric...
2022 County Spotlight: Vihiga — The Smallest Western County’s Big Vote
Vihiga County is Western Kenya’s smallest electorate (310,063 registered voters) but produced one of the region’s most i...
2022 vs 2017: How the Political Map Changed
Kenya's political map underwent significant changes between the 2017 and 2022 elections. Mt. Kenya's margins shrank 15-2...
2022 County Spotlight: Taita Taveta, Kwale, and Kilifi — The Coast’s Odinga Vote
Three Coast counties — Kilifi (71.64% Odinga), Kwale (70.13%), and Taita Taveta (72.89%) — delivered strong Odinga margi...
2022 County Spotlight: Busia — Where Odinga Got 81.68%
Busia County gave Raila Odinga 81.68% (226,042 votes) while neighbour Bungoma gave Ruto 63.16%. With 416,818 registered...
2022's Darkest Moment: Two Election Officials Died
The 2022 election achieved a historic first: zero police-attributed election deaths. But two IEBC officials, Daniel Musy...
How the 2022 IEBC Results Portal Handled 380 Million Requests
The IEBC's public results portal received 380 million requests from Kenyans tracking the 2022 presidential results. Behi...
2022 County Spotlight: Narok and Kajiado — The Maa Community's Political Voice
In the 2022 presidential election, Narok and Kajiado were the two tightest county-level races in Kenya. Odinga won Narok...
2022 County Spotlight: Laikipia and Samburu — The Northern Rift Divide
Laikipia (Ruto 70.46%) and Samburu (Odinga 59.33%) are adjacent counties that voted in opposite directions in 2022. With...