🇰🇪 Who do Kenyans want for their next president? | The Stream

Kenya is set to hold general elections on August 9 and Kenyans are bracing themselves for a tumultuous run up to the polls. President Uhuru Kenyatta will stand down after serving the maximum of two five-year terms, but he doesn’t leave his deputy president William Ruto with his endorsement. Instead Kenyatta has called him “inexperienced” and has voiced his support for veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga. Odinga is making his fifth bid for president, and says he is committed to building ‘democratic and progressive Kenya.’ Ruto, who served as a lawmaker and minister for agriculture before becoming deputy president, seeks to break traditional patterns of ethnic voting and has called the upcoming election a competition of poor "hustlers" against wealthy political dynasties. He has criticized Kenyatta’s handling of debt, failing to honor his 2017 election promises and using state institutions to persecute political opponents. But his candidacy is not without complications. In 2011 he faced the International Criminal Court for allegedly masterminding violence following the 2007 election. The charges were dismissed. Raila Odinga and William Ruto, have both accused each other of foul play and accepting illegitimate campaign funds. There are also concerns of violence and the spread of hate speech. In the aftermath of the 2017 elections, police responded violently to opposition supporters’ protesting alleged vote rigging, resulting in the death of over 100 people in clashes between ethnic groups. In this episode we’ll take a broad look at the Kenyan election, the platforms of the candidates and what the major issues for voters will be. Join the conversation: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AJStream Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe #aljazeeraenglish
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