Shake off this lethargy and register to vote if you want change

This week while on a visit up country I took part in one of the “register to vote” campaigns. The experience was a useful eye opener on Kenyan’s changed view on elections. In 2012 when I engaged in a similar exercise there was palpable excitement about the possibilities that the election portended.

On the Presidency, it was clear to many that Raila Odinga stood a good chance of clinching the seat; the traditional ogre brand that he had been allocated by his opponents had largely disappeared after his service in the Grand Coalition. On the opposite side, the late entry of the unimaginable Kenyatta/Ruto alliance had changed the dynamics of the race.