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A voter places their finger for biometric identification on the KIEMS kit. Kenya's 2022 election was hailed as a success after deploying technology similar to blockchain in relaying results. www.theexchange.africa

Kenya’s blockchain election: The masterstroke that silenced petitioners

Countries

True to his word, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chair Wafula Chebukati has emerged victorious from an all-front attack on the commission he chairs and where his mandate was to announce Kenya’s fifth president.

On Tuesday, August 9, 2022, Kenyans held national elections in a voting system that closely mirrored the Bitcoin blockchain. This technology has saved Kenya from what is usual in many African elections- massive vote rigging.

Despite Raila Odinga, one of the contenders disputing the election results, observers from within and outside Kenya were pleased with the process.

East Africa’s investment hub’s democracy has grown, and most African countries now look to Kenya for governance models. Women leadership was a major focus of the recently concluded exercise.…

Analysts believe the economic footprint is a mixed bag nine years later, as Kenyatta prepares to relinquish power. www.theexchange.africa

Kenya: reflecting on outgoing president Uhuru Kenyatta’s economic footprint

Business

While massive and spectacular infrastructure projects seem to point that East Africa’s largest and most vibrant economy remains in the right direction, increasing state debt, soaring fuel and commodity prices and high unemployment threaten to water down the economic footprint of Kenya’s fourth president Kenyatta.…