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Vote for upright leaders, vote for better tomorrow

IEBC officials gearing up for polling at a station in Kajiado north, August 8, 2022. [David Gichuru, Standard]

Today, August 9, 2022, is a defining moment in our country's history as Kenyans from all walks of life troop to polling stations countrywide to choose a new crop of leaders.

It is the culmination of months of intense campaigns by candidates vying for various positions. For the second time since the promulgation of the Constitution in 2010, an incumbent president will not be on the ballot. President Uhuru Kenyatta has served his two terms as stipulated by the Constitution.

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