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Kenya: The Failed Quest for Electoral Justice
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Drawing upon personal experiences and extensive research, the author explores the 2017 elections and their aftermath within a historical framework of politics and concludes that what should have been Kenya’s freest election turned out to be its most tainted in the multiparty era.
With support of powerful actors within and outside Kenya, the Jubilee government crafted a robust narrative holding that President Uhuru Kenyatta ‘won’ the 8 August election, and that the Supreme Court in nullifying it impeached only the recording and transmission of the results.
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