Kenyan Elections: What Bloggers are Saying…

“I feel cheated because the same cabal that has been in power since independence is still in power. I feel cheated that an administration rejected by the ballot can somehow find itself into the presidency.” - Kenyan Blogger “M” at Thinker’s Room.

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The AfricanLoft has been following the electoral exercise in Kenya. What appeared as a turning-point in African and Kenyan democracy quickly took an ugly turn, the people are now deluded and disenfranchised, and angry, yet again. To say the election is a big let-down is grossly an understatement!

It appears the elections was marked by the usually controversies attached to almost any elections in Africa – fraud, intimidation, riots, killings, etc.

However, a new low registered: The government of Kenya put in place a media black-out (don’t ask why) following the post-election civil disobedience!. So no live broadcast on the elections!!!

Some Kenyan bloggers have been providing some updates since voting started. In addition to Kenyan Pundit and Mentalacrobaticss, blogs we have featured earlier, Thinker’s Room in a post captioned - “I cry. My country has been robbed” writes “I have just been watching President Kibaki been sworn in, amid applause from his cabal of powerful friends and cronies. As far as I can tell it seems to have been a private ceremony for himself and his friends.” Additional coverage on the Kenyan elections is also available via Global Voices.