Electoral Politics
2 published articles
Commentary · 2026-09-26
The Party Is Also a Map: Kenya’s 2027 Contest for Citizen Power
How parties, nominations and coalitions shape citizen power in Kenya’s 2027 election, across government-aligned formations, opposition organisations, emerging movements and citizens outside those camps.
Commentary · 2026-08-01
The Candidate Is Also a Map: Sifuna and the Test of a Civic Movement
Citizen TV’s The Explainer presented Edwin Sifuna as Kenya’s “man of the moment.” But the more important question is whether his political moment can become a civic movement, one capable of organising citizens around shared values and problems rather than merely rearranging Kenya’s familiar ethnic blocs.