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Independent aspirants in Nyanza and Western walking a tightrope

Ballot boxes at Bomas of Kenya during the clearance of presidential aspirants. June 2, 2022. [Esther Jeruto, Standard]

Independent candidates in western Kenya are holding on to hope that the electorate will rise above party politics and vote them in.

Complicating matters for the independent candidates are calls by some political leaders to their supporters to vote six-piece.

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