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Nominations aftermath: Tales of betrayal, millions lost in power games

Police officers guard ballot boxes at Muliro Gardens in Kakamega town during the Amani National Congress nomination process on April 20, 2022. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Our democracy is yet to come of age at least if going by the recent party nominations is anything to go by.

Nominations for major parties in the country like Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), the Amani National Congress (ANC), Jubilee and Ford Kenya were laced with violence, allegations of bribery, rigging and hawking of nomination certificates to the highest bidder.

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