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This is the right time for Kenya to fix its broken electoral system

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Security officers cordon center stage of the auditorium at the National Tallying centre, Bomas of Kenya. Aug 13, 2022. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

The court ruling that the recommendation to audit the 2022 presidential election will not alter the decision of the Supreme Court that Kenya Kwanza won the presidency has thrown the implementation of the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) report into a spin. That is in case the audit casts doubt on the process that led to the Kenya Kwanza candidate being declared the winner.

The bigger question in the contested 2022 presidential election was the legitimacy of the office-bearer despite the Supreme Court ruling. The Kenya Kwanza government itself came out with guns blazing, promising to investigate the actions at Bomas during the tallying of presidential votes. But somehow the fire went off.

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