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Kenya Election Insights

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

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Uhuru's Jubilee Revival and the Mt. Kenya Vote: Who Controls the Bloc in 2027?

Mt. Kenya — Kenya's largest voting bloc with 5.2 million registered voters — has no clear political home for the first t...

Jul 11, 2026 9 min 89
The 2027 Opposition Arithmetic: Can Gachagua, Kalonzo, and Matiang'i Unite Against Ruto?

Kenya's opposition has a maths problem. Rigathi Gachagua (DCP), Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper), and Fred Matiang'i (Jubilee) ha...

Jul 08, 2026 9 min 260
The Post-Raila Political Vacuum: How ODM's Crisis Reshapes the 2027 Electoral Map

Raila Odinga's death on October 15, 2025 shattered the gravitational centre of Kenyan opposition politics. Nine months l...

Jul 07, 2026 8 min 136
2013 County Spotlight: The Five Counties That Decided Kenyatta's 50.07%
2013 County Spotlight: The Five Counties That Decided Kenyatta's 50.07%

Uhuru Kenyatta's 2013 victory rested on five critical counties: Kiambu, Nakuru, Murang'a, Meru, and Nyeri. Together they...

Jun 30, 2026 5 min 7,420
The Wajackoyah Factor: Did the Third Candidate Affect the 2022 Result?
The Wajackoyah Factor: Did the Third Candidate Affect the 2022 Result?

Professor George Wajackoyah's Roots Party captured 61,969 votes (0.44%) in the 2022 presidential election. With a Ruto-O...

Jan 31, 2026 6 min 11,521
2022 Election: The Complete County-by-County Results Map
2022 Election: The Complete County-by-County Results Map

The definitive county-by-county breakdown of Kenya's 2022 presidential election. William Ruto won 7,176,141 votes (50.49...

Jan 07, 2026 5 min 6,847
2022 County Spotlight: Machakos and Makueni — Kamba Country's Vote
2022 County Spotlight: Machakos and Makueni — Kamba Country's Vote

Machakos and Makueni counties delivered a decisive Kamba bloc vote for the late Raila Odinga in 2022. Machakos gave him...

Sep 23, 2025 5 min 4,895
Five Years On: Remembering August 8, 2017 by the Numbers
Five Years On: Remembering August 8, 2017 by the Numbers

19.6 million registered voters. 8 presidential candidates. 10,667 KIEMS kits. One Supreme Court annulment. August 8, 201...

Aug 31, 2025 4 min 3,293
2022 County Spotlight: Siaya — 98.60% for the late Raila, the Ultimate Stronghold
2022 County Spotlight: Siaya — 98.60% for the late Raila, the Ultimate Stronghold

Siaya County gave the late Raila Odinga 371,092 votes out of 376,354 valid votes — a staggering 98.60%. William Ruto rec...

Jul 15, 2025 5 min 5,150
2022's Closest Races: Where a Few Hundred Votes Changed Everything
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...

Jun 07, 2025 6 min 6,880
The 231,728-Vote Margin: Why 2007 Was Contestable From Day One
The 231,728-Vote Margin: Why 2007 Was Contestable From Day One

A deeper 2007 brief built from validated project data points: presidential totals, parliamentary seat split, petition ba...

Jun 01, 2025 2 min 7,856
Presidential Strongholds: Where 90%+ of Voters Chose One Candidate
Presidential Strongholds: Where 90%+ of Voters Chose One Candidate

Kenyan presidential elections are decided in a handful of swing counties. But the story starts in the strongholds, where...

Mar 14, 2025 5 min 4,733