October 26th, 2017 Kenyan presidential election

Overview
In the August 2017 general elections, incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner of the presidential contest with 54% of the vote, whilst his main challenger Raila Odinga receiving 45% of the vote. Odinga appealed to the Supreme Court, who ruled by a margin of 4–2 that it had not been "conducted in accordance with the constitution", cancelling the results and ordering fresh elections to be held within 60 days.

Presidential elections will be held in Kenya on 17 October, later changed to 26 October, 2017, following the annulment of the results of the presidential vote in the August 2017 general elections.

Background
The Kenyan Constitution requires there to be a general election on the second Tuesday in August in every fifth year. There have been public discussions to move the date from August to December with proponents pointing to fiscal timeline (1 July–30 June) clashing with an August date because most ministries that support critical election processes will not have been fully funded and that a possible presidential runoff vote may interfere with the national examinations calendar of October and December. Opponents of the election date change have argued for protecting the constitutional provision and that any change would be mired by legal challenges and may drag on to the next elections and still require a referendum to decide, putting the country's stability at risk. There was heavy tribal friction between the Kikuru and Kalenjin tribes as in the previose riot hit election in 2013.

On August 7, 2017, one day before the election, Barack Obama, who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017, and whose father was a Kenyan national, called for calm and acceptance of the election results. The intervention was noted by the media as unprecedented.


 * 1) Governmen- Unitary presidential constitutional republic.
 * 2) President - Uhuru Kenyetta.
 * 3) Deputy President- Willian Ruto.
 * 4) Speaker of the Senate- Ekwee Ethuro.
 * 5) Speaker of the National Assembly- Justin Muturi.
 * 6) Attorney Genera-l Githu Muigai.
 * 7) Legislature-Parliament.
 * 8) Senate.
 * 9) National Assembly.
 * 10) Independence from the United Kingdom 12 December 1963.
 * 11) Republic declared 12 December 1964.

Electoral system
The President of Kenya is elected using a modified version of the two-round system: to win in the first round, a candidate must receive over 50% of the vote nationally and 25% of the vote in at least 24 counties out of the 47 counties.

The September 1st high court ruling
The high court annulled the result of the August 8th, 2017, Kenyan elections on September 1st due to a crappy counting process, lack of probity in the independent electoral board the international observers condoned the fraud. A new election must occur with in 60 days.

The president elect submitted to the ruling, but accused the judges "cooks" and said he disagreed with them.

Tribalism
Most voter prefer a candidate of the same tribes since they can trust them more.


 * 1) 22% Kikuyu
 * 2) 14% Luhya
 * 3) 13% Luo
 * 4) 12% Kalenjin
 * 5) 11% Kamba
 * 6) 6% Kisii
 * 7) 6% Meru
 * 8) 15% other African
 * 9) 1% non-African (mostly White, Arab and mixed-bloods)

The African Great Lakes region, which Kenya is a part of, has been inhabited by humans since the Lower Paleolithic period. By the first millennium AD, the Bantu expansion had reached the area from West-Central Africa. The borders of the modern state consequently comprise the crossroads of the Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan and Afroasiatic areas of the continent, representing most major ethnolinguistic groups found in Africa. Bantu and Nilotic populations together constitute around 97% of the nation's residents.

European and Arab presence in coastal Mombasa dates to the Early Modern period; European exploration of the interior began in the 19th century. The British Empire established the East Africa Protectorate in 1895, which starting in 1920 gave way to the Kenya Colony. Kenya obtained independence in December 1963. Following a referendum in August 2010 and adoption of a new constitution, Kenya is now divided into 47 semi-autonomous counties, governed by elected governors.

Campaigning
The election re-run was reconed to cost $115,000,000 to $117,000,000 to rerun.

Mr Kenyatta vowed at a rally that he wanted to to impeach Mr Odinga on the 10th of September.

The leaders
The NASA presidential candidate, Raila Odinga, attended a NASA party parliamentary group meeting held at the Wiper headquarters in Lavington, Nairobi on September 28th.

Party rallies
Deputy President William Ruto addresses a rally in Namwacha village, Bungoma County on September 28th and Isiolo town, Isiolo County on September 27th.

Pre-election violence
The Kenyan police fired teargas at supporters of de facto President Uhuru Kenyatta who were protesting outside the Supreme Court on the 18th of September 2017. A similar protest also became violent on the 11th of October and was dispersed by police using teargas.

1 person is shot and 2 are run over by motorist on Uhuru Highway/Kenyatta Avenue, as anti-IEBC protests turn violent in Nirobi's Central Park on October 10th.

Arrests
The sitting MP Moses Kuria and former senator, Johnson Muthama, were arrested after rowdy rallies after hate speech allegations according to the interior ministry spokesman, Mwenda Njoka.

Clergy
Confederation of Catholic bishops appealed to NASA supporters to practice peaceful demos on September 27th.

Result
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Legal issues
The Kenyan Supreme Court criticized the election board in it's verdict on the first set of polls.

The fate of IBEC
The Jubilee, NASA and IEBC meeting on September 28th, but it folded up and collapsed on the 29th asd opposition leaders walk out.

William Ruto maintained that IEBC would remain intact and electoral laws will be reviewed.

Electronic voting system integrity issues
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Disrupted campaigning
The NASA accused state officials of attempting to block NASA Principal Kalonzo Musyoka from traveling, especially by air.

Policing
The NASA's leaders raise concern over government's withdrawal of their security personnel on September 27th.

Hacked computers
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Alleged fraud
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Candidates quitting
Raila Odinga quit the election claiming IBEC had fixed the result against him on October 11th.

Post-election violence
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General
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Deadlocks
Kenyan Police denied online claims a dreadlocked officer turned up in a Gema Business Community press conference called by people claiming to be traders in Nairobi's central business district (CBD) on September 28th. They warned the supporters of NASA not to disrupt business in the central business district.

The Nairobi Business Community, a lobby group who came of note after their dreadlocked members openly came out to openly oppose the anti-IEBC protests, refuted the claims that they are connected to outlawed Mungiki sect on October 10th.

Also see

 * 1) Kenya
 * 2) President of Kenya
 * 3) August 8th, 2017, Kenyan elections
 * 4) 2017 Kenyan false diplomas for state officials scam

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Party manifestos

 * 1) https://jubileepamoja.co.ke/
 * 2) http://www.odm.co.ke/
 * 3) https://www.kenyans.co.ke/party/alliance-real-change