8 August 2017: Polls open for Kenyan election
Today Kenyans go to the polls in order to elect a president, members of its legislature, governors, and county assembly members. Tensions run high as this vote holds the potential of sparking ethnic violence that could be a continuation from a decade ago that left some 1,100 dead and more than half a million people displaced. More than 150,000 security forces have been deployed across Kenya’s 47 counties in an effort to ensure that voting takes place peacefully. Former US President Barack Obama has also chimed in, urging the Kenyan people to reject violence and ‘to work for a future defined…by unity and hope’.
