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OPPRESSION

ByMartin Wagah

Power does not corrupt, it reveals. As blood stains are drying on the pavements of Nairobi, the current president of Kenya, William Samoei Ruto, stands as the culmination of Kenya’s democratic experiment. Although Ruto is cloaked in electoral democracy, Kenya’s institutional memory of oppression finds expression through him. By tracing Ruto’s despotic journey, we witness…

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KENYA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 2022

ByMartin Wagah

Kenya’s 2022 General Election has been a roller coaster of lauded firsts, lousy mishaps, laughable decisions, bitter political rhetoric, an orchestral revelation of open secrets and recently, a vicious court battle whose culmination is awaited with anxiety across the East African region. I explore a dataset compiled by members of the public that contains the…