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Ol Kalou By-Election: DCP's Sammy Waweru Crushes UDA With 81% Landslide
DCP's Sammy Waweru wins Ol Kalou by-election with 81% of the vote, handing UDA a crushing defeat in the Mt. Kenya heartl...
Emurua Dikir By-Election: UDA's David Keter Wins With 62% as DCP Makes Strong Showing
UDA's David Keter wins Emurua Dikir by-election with 62.3% of the vote, though DCP's strong 36.7% showing signals growin...
Mbeere North By-Election: UDA's Leo Muthende Edges Out DP's Newton Kariuki by 494 Votes
UDA's Leo Muthende wins Mbeere North by-election by just 494 votes over DP's Newton Kariuki in one of the tightest parli...
The Closest MP Race in 2013: Won by Just 24 Votes in Tarbaj
The 2013 general election produced some of Kenya's tightest parliamentary races in history. In Tarbaj constituency (Waji...
2022's Closest Races: Where a Few Hundred Votes Changed Everything
Kenya's 2022 election produced some of the tightest margins in the country's multiparty history. At the presidential lev...
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...
Post-Election Petitions in 2022: 200+ Cases That Went to Court
The 2022 election generated 203 petitions challenging results at every level. From the Supreme Court presidential challe...
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 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...
First-Time Candidates Who Won in 2022: The Outsiders Who Beat the Odds
In a political system dominated by money, incumbency, and ethnic arithmetic, 2022 saw a remarkable wave of first-time ca...
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...