Prepare adequately for 2022 General Election

IEBC officials opening Ballot boxes at Moi Secondary School in London ward on March 3, 2021, ahead of distribution of the materials to poling centres. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

The next General Election is approaching steadily. There is a lot at stake and work to be done to ensure credible and peaceful elections. These elections are a watershed period during which President Uhuru Kenyatta will hand the leadership baton to a new president at the end of his second term in office.

It is important that stakeholders get it right this time. Kenya has a history of violence and intolerance during elections. The 2007/2008 post-election violence is still fresh in the minds of many and anxiety is high as 2022 approaches. Utterances by some leaders are not reassuring.