Global and domestic conditions are ripe for the weaponisation of violence for electoral aims. It is up to Kenyans to stop it.

Senior Editor for Inclusive Storytelling at The New Humanitarian.

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As Kenya prepares for its next general election, due in less than 20 months’ time, 2026 will prove to be a critical year. With local and global restraints on political violence being hollowed out at the very time when trust in the credibility of the election system is at an all-time low, serious trouble beckons unless urgent steps are taken.