Kenya

Kenyans go to the polls on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 to elect their fifth president as well as parliamentary and county leaders. Some 22.1 million registered voters in 47 counties...

 Anyone with knowledge of Kenya’s electoral history is not surprised that the country’s National Cohesion and Integration Commission a little more than a year ago listed Nakuru, a town in...

As Kenya's electoral management body rushes to fill vacant positions in its secretariat barely five months to the elections, concern has continued to grow among human and civil rights defenders...

As the elections in Kenya approach, several civil society groups and human rights defenders have expressed concern about the state of preparedness of poll management institutions. The bulk of their...

The Kenyan government has been asked to take firm action to prevent sexual and gender-based violence ahead of the general election in August 2022. The International Federation for Human Rights...

 (Nairobi, July 11, 2017) – Ongoing violence in the Rift Valley is causing insecurity and forced displacement that could potentially keep thousands of people from voting in the August 2017...

 By Susan Kendi Concerns have been raised about the ability of the Kenya police to deal with violence before, during and after the August 8, 2017 elections. A top official...