New tricks that make election rigging a more complex game

IEBC officials and police officers inspect voting materials during the recent Ugenya by-election. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

On Wednesday evening, a public lecture that promised a bizarre discussion was scheduled to take place at the University of Nairobi’s law school in Parklands.

The school’s Sheria Hall, which has attracted many a prominent lawyers, was full, so much so that orderlies had to draw out the curtains separating the hall from the dining area to create more space for inquisitive students.