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The tragedy of Kenya’s winner-takes-it-all elections

IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati addressing the press, October 2021. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Is next year's presidential election a zero-sum game? Yes, going by the famous Game Theory by John von Neumann. The major players in the 2022 elections are the voters, political aspirants and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commissions (IEBC). Everyone else is an interested party.

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