04 June, 2013

Kenya 3 months on - Opinion - This Is Africa

Kenya 3 months on - Opinion - This Is Africa

To a South African like myself, elections are predictable. The question is never who will win but rather by what margin the ANC will emerge victorious. Over in Kenya, however, the recent elections were anything but predictable. In truth, the main prediction was that there would most likely be a resurgence of the tribal violence that plagued the nation post the 2007 election. For the most part, this prediction did not materialise into reality. What did occur though, was a neck to neck race towards the presidency in which one candidate narrowly emerged victorious – Kenyatta won the election by 50.07 per cent of the vote while defeated Odinga received a very close 43.28 per cent,
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