Kenya’s general elections on August 9 were hailed as the most peaceful and transparent in the country’s history following the publications of raw polling data publicly available for everyone to tally. While the political atmosphere in the coastal region and Garissa County appeared to be generally “peaceful”, claims of vote rigging where election officials were found with ballot papers and illegal ballot boxes were reported in Lamu and Kwale counties, while in Garissa County, the Dadaab tallying centre was attacked by unknown persons armed with knives and pangas allegedly hired by political aspirants to disrupt the voting exercise.
The general context after the announcement of Kenya’s Deputy President, Hon. William Ruto as President Elect on August 15 was celebratory/jubilations processions in most of the coastal counties, particularly in Lamu and Tana River counties. However, in Mombasa County our embedded observers reported occurrences of violence, including armed gang robberies (2) and violent protests (1).
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