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Voters queue to cast their votes at Moi Avenue Primary school polling station during the 2022 General election in Nairobi on August 09, 2022. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Kenyans voted on Tuesday for a new set of leaders for the next five years. The electoral commission is tallying and announcing results as they come in. Kenyans have to be patient and allow the IEBC deliver.

Still, it is easier to view the election campaigns and the voting process as a fulfillment of another cyclic five-year ritual. But it is beyond that. The electoral process's centrality to the global democratic architecture is profound.

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