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Carter Centre: Police should be held accountable over use of excessive force during elections

IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati addresses the media days after the August 8, 2017 elections: The Carter Centre is blaming politicians for the controversies that marred the polls. [John Muchucha/ Standard]

The Carter Centre has released its final report on the 2017 general and presidential elections, which blames the tension that engulfed the polls on political confrontation.

The centre deployed a core team of experts and long-term observers in Kenya in April 2017 to monitor key parts of the electoral process, including voter registration, campaigning, electoral preparations, and the resolution of disputes in the courts. 

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