Young people can help ensure peaceful 2027 general election

Ballot boxes at Ruaraka constituency tallying centre, Stima Club, Nairobi, on August 11, 2022. [File, Standard]

In a year and 10 months, Kenyans will go to the polls to either renew or terminate the mandate of many of their representatives. In the spirit of collective responsibility and creative patriotism, we must ask, are we prepared for peaceful elections? Political competition has kicked off in earnest. But more than anything else, we must be alert to the dangers of political extremism, be it of far left or far right.