Conflict Snapshot – Uchaguzi Bila Balaa – 2 September 2022 – Kenya Election

Search for Common Ground (Search) in collaboration with the Human Rights Agenda (HURIA), Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI), Kiunga Youth Bunge Initiative (KYBI), Tana River Peace, Reconciliation and Development (TRPRD) and Ijara Women for Peace  has established an Early Warning and Early Response (EWER) system through embedded community observation and social media listening, with the aim to harness the shared information between communities, civil society organisations, and government authorities to identify and address imminent threats to peaceful elections, particularly looking at conflict trends, drivers and locations that could potentially trigger or experience violence. Social media listening monitors online conversations, with a focus on Facebook and TikTok, to track hate speech and misinformation trends and how these could potentially affect conflicts offline.

Between August 26 and September 1, 2022, Kenya’s electoral context at the Coast and Garissa was marked by the Mombasa gubernatorial elections and the national hearing of Kenya’s poll petitions challenging the presidential election results.