a high-risk presidential election

From daybreak, Tuesday, August 9, voters moved in droves. A tradition in Kenya. A vote to elect a president but also various assemblies. A touch of modernism in this poor country: a fingerprint reader should help prevent fraud. The cost of living is the main concern of voters. Here too, the international crisis is causing prices to soar.

International observers are holding their breath because five years ago, an electoral mess led to clashes that left dozens dead. But it was especially in 2007 that the Kenyans had paid the blood price, with more than 1,000 deaths. At the time, the opposition challenged the results. Despite these outbreaks of post-election violence, Kenya is considered one of the most stable democracies in Anglophone Africa. The results of the count could be known as early as Wednesday, August 10.