Elections in Kenya
On March 4, 2013, voters in Kenya will head to the polls to elect their president, senators, county governors, members of parliament, civic wards, and women county representatives. The elections will be the first under the new constitution, which was adopted during a 2010 referendum. They will also be the first general elections run by Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. In recent years, Kenya’s elections have been marred by violence. More than 1,100 people were killed during the presidential elections of 2007. Although the country has been a multiparty democracy since 1992, serious institutional problems have made it hard…
