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EDITORIAL: Vote freely — the country’s survival depends on you
Former US Secretary of State John Kerry with IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati and commissioners at the Bomas of Kenya National Tallying Centre in Nairobi on August 7, 2017. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG
On Tuesday, Kenyans are privileged to join societies where the individual can freely, without coercion or fear, choose who becomes the leader.
This freedom which, in our addiction to excessive contestation, we take for granted is not available to everyone. Even in our region, often electoral outcomes are predetermined or the will of the people subverted by use of force.