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Even with electoral skulduggery, Kenya elections are region’s star

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Kenyans queue to vote at Moi Primary School in Nairobi during party primaries in April 2017. PHOTO | NMG

By  Charles Onyango-Obbo

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Kenya goes to the polls this week, keeping up East Africa's election-rich run.

In 2020 both Burundi and Tanzania had general elections. In 2021 it was Uganda's turn. In 2023, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo will go to the polls. In 2024 it will be Rwanda's turn, and in 2025 Tanzania's.

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