Elections 2022: May peace prevail and the best candidates win

Finally, Kenyans are trooping to the polls today August 9, 2022 to elect their next leader. Whether that man will be Raila Odinga or William Ruto remains, for the moment, a matter for the gods. Barring a few jarring incidents, the two protagonists have behaved remarkably well and the country is not on the sort of war footing that Kenyans have been accustomed to in the run-up to elections.

Kisumu, Mombasa and Nairobi are calm. So is Rift Valley. For once, since 1992, we approach an election with only one incident of idiotic, hate-filled pamphlets targeting certain communities emerging in Uasin Gishu.