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Keely Hodgkinson had to settle for another second place after Kenya’s Mary Moraa stunned her with an unconventional surge for gold

Supporters wore their candidate's colours for the last time on Saturday for the final rallies of the two frontrunners, Raila Odinga and William Ruto, in Kenya's presidential election on Tuesday. Polls show that it will be a tight race between the two contenders.

The 2022 World Athletics Championships ended in relative disappointment for Kenya, which continued its decline in the overall medal standings. Since the 2005 championships in Helsinki, when Kenya ranked ninth with only seven medals, the team has been exceptionally consistent. It has ranked in the top three in all subsequent…

More elections are being held than ever – but the number of questionable polls being held around the world is fuelling fears of a “global democratic recession”, whereby the will of the people is not reflected in the results being announced. Two countries with elections coming up in the next…

As Kenya’s presidential and parliamentary candidates vie for office in the final frenzied week of campaigning, others worry about life after the elections.

For the first time in Kenya’s history, a female candidate joins the centre stage in one of the main political coalitions in the country’s August 2022 elections. It is unprecedented for large political blocs with a real chance of winning a Kenyan election to have a woman as a running…

Kenya goes to the polls on 9 August 2022. Farmers, who constitute a critical sector of the economy, say they have lost faith in the political process.

Kenya votes on Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know about the parties, leaders and key election issues.

As presidential elections approach, engagement appears low among under-35s – but some see staying away from the polls as a form of protest