Why Kenya’s election is going down to the wire
It was Raila Odinga’s to lose
Elections in kenya tend to veer between emotional extremes. The one in 2002 was joyful as voters swept an opposition candidate to the presidency for the first time. A disputed poll in 2007 was horrifying: perhaps 1,400 people were killed in its aftermath. The latest, on August 9th, has unexpectedly turned into a nail-biter.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Too close to call”
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