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Registration to Representation: The Pipeline Problem for Women
In 2017, Kenya had 9.14 million female registered voters (46.6% of the roll). By 2022, it was 10.87 million (49.1%). Yet...
Women Representatives: How Jubilee Dominated the 47 County Women Rep Seats
In the 2017 General Election, Jubilee claimed 25 of 47 county Women Representative seats. ODM trailed with 11. But the r...
Youth Candidates vs Youth Winners: The 9.2% Success Rate
In 2017, 3,428 youth candidates ran for elective office in Kenya. Only 314 won — a 9.2% success rate. But the gender bre...
The Gender Gap: How Female Voter Registration Dropped from 49% to 46.6%
Female voter registration in Kenya dropped from 49% in 2013 to 46.6% in 2017. Despite adding nearly 2 million women to t...
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...
Women Representative Winners 2022: County-by-County Margins
A county-by-county breakdown of all 47 women representative races in 2022. With average winning margins of 11.3% and sev...
The National Assembly Class of 2022: A Demographic Profile of 290 MPs
A comprehensive demographic analysis of the 290 MPs elected to Kenya's National Assembly in 2022. The class is 90% male,...
The Gender Gap in 2022: Only 29 Women Won Parliamentary Seats
Kenya's Constitution requires that no more than two-thirds of any elective body be of one gender. Twelve years after thi...
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...
Martha Karua Effect: Did She Move Votes in Central Kenya?
When Raila Odinga picked Martha Karua as his running mate, it was hailed as a masterstroke. A respected Kikuyu woman fro...