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Gabrielle Lynch, Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Warwick

Fears of election rigging may fuel further abuses in Kenya: democracy could be the loser

Kenya election officials inspect voting packs at a holding centre ahead of the August 2017 elections. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

As Kenyans approach a general election in August 2022, many lack confidence in the electoral process.

According to a national opinion poll conducted by Afrobarometer in 2019, only 29.2% of Kenyans thought that the country’s 2017 election was free and fair. Another 33.5% thought that there were minor problems, 12% that there were major problems, and 21.7% that the elections were not free and fair at all.

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