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Aug 2022
20m 21s

Who will be Kenya's next leader?

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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is stepping down after a decade in power. Previous elections were marred by violence, but will it be different this time? And what's at stake in this vote?

Join host Mohammed Jamjoom.

Guests:

Fergus Kell - Research analyst in the Africa Programme at Chatham House.

Jacky Kwonyike - Lawyer at the High Court of Kenya.

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