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Before the elections to be held in Kenya in August, there are some questions that many readers have been asking for.
We will be adding new questions on this page, as zinavyosonga day.
Do one tribe is irrelevant in the election?
Political leaders in Kenya have been very dependent on the support of their tribe and people and there will be no different this time.
It is therefore not surprising that some political commentators have been critical of registered voters in the strongholds of the candidates and use it as an indicator of those who have a good chance of victory.
70 percent of people in Kenya are from five major tribes. To grab the presidency, a candidate needs to have ethnic cooperation to get the majority of the votes.
Ethnicity also has a dominant position in parliament, senators, governors and so on.
However President Uhuru Kenyatta told the Financial Times that he expects this election on the basis of economic, especially the increase in the cost of food.
The opposition has accused the government of failing kutatarajia food shortages due to ongoing drought.
Similarly, has accused the government for causing artificial scarcity of food in order to allow businesses with corporate and government use emergency period to import maize, the staple food, without paying tariffs.
The government has denied this claim and now has provided subsidies to corn flour.
It may be true constituents are influenced by considerations other than ethnicity.
One survey in April showed that 28 percent of voters had not decided who they will vote for.
Which candidate is going to remove the Kenyan forces in Somalia?
President Kenyatta has said that Kenyan troops will remain in Somalia until peace and stability in the country will come back again.
Kenya has 3,600 troops serving under AMISOM in Somalia. They went there in 2011 after several attacks of al-Shabab.
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But the opposition coalition, Nasa, has said it will do away with Kenyan troops in Somalia, and say that they are needed most, at home.
Start 2011, al-Shabab fighters have executed several attacks in Kenya, including the Westgate in 2013 and the University of Garissa where 148 students were killed.
January last year, 150 of KDF soldiers were reportedly killed after al-Shabab kuivania military camp. Others were arrested and have appeared in the propaganda vide the guerrillas.
The Kenyan government still has not given the official number of soldiers who have been killed or abducted in the attack.
The Commission has a system of supervision of elections (EMS) which is currently being used to verify the registration of voters and will be used on election day prove those right voters, the election results and even distribution of the results of the vote for a national center of counting.
Chairman of the commission, Chebukati Wafula told reporters in May that its employees have already learned to use the system specific and will not wait until the last minute to give them that opportunity, as it did.
In February, 65 percent wallioshiriki surveyed said they have confidence in this commission.
What social networks are used in the campaign?
Social networking has enormous opportunity in this election than ever before.
Many Kenyans are using network known as Twitter and KOT (Kenyans on Twitter). They have the greatest influence on the campaigns and networks used to sell policies to those supporters.
Political parties also Employed animators who have the most followers on social media to push their message.
There are also those who are employed to write and speak good things better, to give the party a good opportunity in networking and set a fierce campaign against those who say bad about the party.
Others have seen that the methods they use have too many followers on twitter.
The main instruments of information also are using Facebook, YouTube and Twitter to announce political meetings and special programs.
Chief presidential candidates in particular have been prominently. President Kenyatta has been a message of unity and development:
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As opposition leader Raila Odinga saying that it has the backing of 10 million voters for the campaign Odinga says basically that they have a better chance of winning the election because the number of eligible voters is 19 million.
TWITTER / RAILA ODINGA
Minister of internal security has been saying poses a concern for citizens to say this, but the party has been Kenyatta also pushes the message that they win the election with 70 percent of the vote.
There are thousands of candidates, but not everyone who got a chance in the major organs of information and so many, especially independent candidates, are using social platforms like Facebook Live
Politicians collected what money to use in the campaign ?
Kenya has no law governing how politicians vyochangisha money to spend during the campaign.
Attempt of the election commission to submit to parliament a bill to regulate campaign financing and legislative suppressed.
The commission had the following suggestions for different seats.
- President: $ 50m
- Governors: $ 4M
- MPs and Senators: $ 290,000
- Representatives of Wadi: $ 97,000
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