The Kriegler lessons for 2017 presidential re-election contest

Former Constitutional Court and Appeal Court judge from South Africa Johann Kriegler, flanked by chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Isaack Hassan during the commission's stakeholders meeting in Nairobi on Kenya's 2013 post elections analysis. PHOTO BY DAVID NJAAGA

The 2017 General Election is reminiscent of the 2007 contest, with a sitting president seeking re-election.

Then, as now, the Opposition loudly questioned the partiality of the election management body, the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK).