“I think this is Kenya’s wasted opportunity. Because, in contrast to all those other elections, less seems to have gone wrong this time. The question here is why? Why, even when the process is right, can Kenya not seize the opportunity to build public confidence in the state? And that’s the Kenyan conundrum.”
About 80% of Kenya’s population is younger than 35. Observers believe youth voters will move Kenyan politics away from tribal affiliation and towards issue-based voting. But some experts say tribal affiliation runs very deep.
Preliminary results show incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta winning easily. But the opposition has rejected the results, raising the specter of post-election violence in Kenya’s 2017 election.
I spoke with Kenyans in Kawangware slum about NASA opposition candidate Raila Odinga’s announcement that he’ll challenge the results of the contested presidential election in Kenya’s Supreme Court.
Police armed with water canons, teargas and ammunition faced off with protestors in Nairobi’s Kibera slum after contested presidential election results angered supporters of NASA coalition candidate Raila Odinga.
For this livestream, I headed to Kawangware slum where tensions were running high to talk to Kenyans about the August 8, 2017 presidential election and their hopes for the results.
My quick interview on talkRadio London about the 2017 Kenyan elections.
Neha Wadekar sits down with The Fuller Project for International Reporting to discuss the challenges and thrills of being a female freelance journalist in East Africa.
Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi registers to run in Kenya’s 2017 election despite receiving death threats.
Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi registers to run in Kenya’s 2017 elections despite receiving death threats.