Campaign agenda moves from problems Kenyans face to crowd sizes at rallies

Raila Odinga (left) and DP William Ruto sides are especially excited by the crowds. [File, Standard]

The size of the crowd has taken the primacy of the election agenda in the campaigns for Kenya’s August elections.

Kenyans discuss not the issues, but numbers. Accordingly, excitement about giant crowds is a defining character in the campaigns, now on the homestretch.