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William Ruto, newly-elected president of Kenya, addresses the nation after the announcement of the election winner at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Center in Bomas in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (Michele Spatari/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Kenya’s top court upholds Ruto victory in presidential vote

The court dismissed all nine issues at the heart of the challenge to the results, which had delivered victory to Ruto by a margin of less than two percentage points

Kenya’s Deputy President and presidential candidate William Ruto of Kenya Kwanza (Kenya first) political party coalition listens as other speakers talk to supporters from a car during his rally in Thika, Kenyaon August 3, 2022. (Photo by Ed Ram/Getty Images)

Kenya’s Ruto declared president-elect amid results chaos

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati said Ruto had won almost 7.18 million votes (50.49%) in the August 9 vote, against 6.94 million…

Observers monitor the official closure of polls at a polling station in Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya in 2017. Photo: Luis Tato/AFP

Kenya’s top court reviews disputed bid to change constitution

The Supreme Court ruling on the proposed constitutional changes, expected after three days of hearings this week, may have major consequences for the August 9 presidential and…

The experience of Kenya and Malawi is inspiring but also sobering — judges can’t save democracy on their own. (Paul Botes/M&G)
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Why courts can’t save democracy in Africa

Recent judgments in Kenya and Malawi are encouraging. But democratic reform is impossible unless presidents and electoral commissions play their part

Malawi became only the second country in Africa, after Kenya in 2017, and the fifth in the world, to see a president’s victory overturned in the courts.

Discrediting elections: Why the opposition playbook carries risks

By pushing their usually valid complaints onto the streets and the courts, opposition leaders deny governments the popular goodwill and international credibility they need to…

Protesters took to the streets of Nairobi to condemn the media shutdown

Kenyan broadcasters back on air after government block

The NTV and KTN channels were both accessible on Monday, but two others – Citizen TV and Inooro TV – remained blocked

(Mujahid Safodien/AFP)

We’re complicit in our own exploitation

"We are failing to put the blame squarely where it belongs: on our political leaders, our business leaders and ourselves".

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) denies that there was anything exceptional about January’s payment run. But many people have complained to #PayTheGrants and Black Sash.

Kenyatta wins disputed poll re-run with more than 98% of the vote

The election re-run turnout was just 38.84%.

Uncut diamonds seen through a jeweller’s loupe. Zimbabwe may not hire Global Diamond Tenders in future

Fear lies beneath the facade of day-to-day life in Kenya

Kenyans are scared, but also resilient.

Politician Raila Odinga won’t take part in the elections rerun because the commission hasn’t changed.

Election fracas tests a tense Kenya

Kenya’s preparation for new presidential elections changed as opposition leader Raila Odinga and his party dropped out of the race.

The two known targets were the Masjid al Noor in central Christchurch, and a second mosque in suburban Linwood. (Gallo)

Letters to the editor: October 13 to 19 2017

Readers write in about the the DA’s unwillingness to march for Muslim women, the Kenyan elections and SAPS explains why they need the SANDF.

Actress Rosamund Pike

Violence erupts in Kenya over new election law

Kenyan police fired tear gas at protesters a day after opposition leader Raila Odinga announced his withdrawal from the election race.

Raila may also have thrown open the presidential rerun to more candidates than the two envisaged by the IEBC.

Why did Raila Odinga withdraw from the Kenyan election rerun?

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga announced that he would not stand in a court-ordered rerun of August’s presidential election.

Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga

Kenya opposition protests as poll body mulls next step

Kenya still has grim memories of the perils of post-election violence, with a disputed 2007 poll sparking politically-motivated clashes.

If, on the other hand, the courts rule against holding new elections, an outcome that seems more likely, there shall be a swearing-in ceremony for Kenyatta and Kenya will go back to business as usual, we hope

​Raila Odinga: Why we pulled out of Kenya’s presidential election

The following is an extract from a statement released by Raila Odinga’s National Super Alliance on Tuesday, 10 October.

Kenyans placed their vote on August 8

Africa leads the way in election technology, but there’s a long way to go

African democracies are embracing electronic voting far more confidently than the West.

President Uhuru Kenyatta and contender Raila Odinga in happier times. The two are now embroiled in a bitter political contest.

The thin line between electoral credibility and political stability in Kenya

Democracy doesn’t seem to work within societies governed by politics of ethnicity.

Actress Rosamund Pike

Can Kenya fix its broken politics?

After the recent poll result was annulled, some are asking whether a new solution is needed for unity

Kenya’s Supreme Court President and Chief Justice David Maraga

Primacy of the law has been asserted in Kenya – but the aftermath is unpredictable

For decades, power in Kenya has lain with the government and administrative organisations that serve it. The Supreme Court may have changed that

Raila Odinga

Kenya’s Supreme Court has given an impossible deadline for the repeat election

By failing to provide details on what invalidated Kenya’s election, the country’s Supreme Court has created an impossible timeline