Category: Elections
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The Presidential Petition Timelines
By 2 p.m. on 22 August 2022 – being the final day and hour when filings to the Supreme Court would be made against the declaration of William Ruto as president-elect – nine petitions had been submitted, with the requisite fee of KSh 1 million paid.
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The Observers’ Verdict Is Out
About 18,000 local and international observers were accredited by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to monitor polling stations in the 290 constituencies around the country, ahead of the 9 August polls. 1300 of them were international observers, from a cross-section of regional and occidental election observer missions. The most notable were the East…
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Uhuru Kenyatta’s Temporary Incumbency
According to Article 134 of the Constitution, temporary incumbency of the President occurs “during the period commencing on the date of the first vote in a presidential election, and ending when the newly elected President assumes office.”
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Pale Bomas
You think you’re anxious? Just ask Raila Odinga or William Ruto. (But it looks like IEBC are on it?)
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Long Queues and Slow Counting Trouble Constituency Tallying Centers
These logs were done on 10 August 2022, the day after voting, covering four of the 17 Nairobi constituencies: Dagoretti South, Westlands, Ruaraka and Kasarani.
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Mathare, Makadara and the Embakasis
I made these logs on Wednesday 10 August 2022, the day after the general election, while monitoring the status of tallying in seven constituency tallying centers across Nairobi County. The following were my observations throughout the day:
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Langata, Kibra, and Kajiado North Constituencies
Wednesday, 10 August 2022. It was the morning after the general election and tallying was ongoing at the constituency tallying centers across the country. I visited Kajiado North, Langata and Kibra constituency tallying centers and captured the situation in each tallying center in the following logs: Kajiado North Constituency. 0930 hrs: I arrive at Oloolaiser…
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When the rally was packed but the polling station wasn’t
“Hawa walikula fare…” #ElectionsKe2022 #KenyaDecides2022
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Voting in Sleepy Karen
0645 hrs: the streets of Karen look abandoned. Roads are quiet and deserted with one or two matatus and tuk-tuks seen. As I approach Karen C polling station, many cars are parked on the roadside beside the school. 0719 hrs: there are barely people at the polling station. Those here are orderly and quiet. Policemen…