2013 and 2017 , election campaigns were explosive , vigorous and voters were very passionate.
In ICC voters on Raila side had bought the lie he was rigged out in 2007 and his chance had come and for a first time the saw a threat from combination of UhuRuto unlike 2007 when they thought it was a walk in the park.
The ICC politics trigged some sort of RV and GEMA nationalism and it fired them up to come out in numbers to vote. Reports are there old people, sicklings being taken to polling stations on wheelbarows to vote . The mobilisation was psyched on ICC cases and denying Raila victory.
2017 the elections were more or less a repeat of 2013 elections with a twist of protecting the Presidency. If you heard of Kumera Kumera and Thuraku thuraku.
Once handshake happened both sides got disoriented , Railas who canpaign strategy since 2003 has been about finishing GEMA .So many voters who had bought this notion got really dissapointed once it came out clear it has always been a ploy to get into power.
For Uhuru once he did a handshake with the biggest GEMA and RV enemy it dissapointed many after the support they gave him in 2013, 2017. a section gave up with politics completely. The results 2022 voter apathy.
The voter turnout for 2013 and 2017 imply massive rigging! 2013 we were coming from 2007/2008 PEV which is worse than handchieth.
The 2022 figures are in line with 2002 and 2007 voter turnout.
Topic: Implications of tightly contested Presidential, Governorship, Senate, MPs, MCAs (Read 2039 times)