Raila Poll Victory That Sparked Controversy in US Senate May 23, 2019 Kenyans.co.ke
The piece focuses on the Exit Poll and is a bit convoluted. It does not link to my piece in The Elephant although it has added a reference after I responded on Twitter. (h/t to a friend in Nairobi for sending me the link).
In honor of this, let me re-post here my page with my 2014-16 War For History series which is not easily accessible on the site now.
THE WAR FOR HISTORY Page:
THIS IS A SERIES OF POSTS STARTING FROM OCTOBER 2014 to SEPTEMBER 2016
. . . it grapples with the struggle to bury and obscure, both immediately at the time and over the years since, a clear view of the election fraud and the resulting murder and mayhem in Kenya in 2007 and 2008.
For a summary of the story told in these posts, see my piece from June 2017 in The Elephant: The Debacle of 2007–How Kenyan politics was frozen and an election stolen with U.S. connivance.
♠The War for History: was Kenya’s 2007 election stolen or only “perceived to be” stolen?
♠Part Two of “The War for History”: my e-mails to Joel Barkan of January 2, 2008
♠Part Three of “The War for “History”: continuing my e-mail reports to Joel Barkan
♠Part Four of “The War for History”: “yes, the exit poll discriminated against dead voters”
♠Part Five of “The War for History”: “sitting on” the exit poll in January and February 2008
♠(Part Six): Why “The War for History” matters now–authoritarian momentum in East Africa
♠”The War for History” part seven: what, specifically, happened with Kenyans’ votes?
♠Kenya 2007 Election–How bad were we?–“The War For History” part thirteen
I was amazed by what Ambassador Ranneberger admitted and what he denied to the New York Times (War for History series part 18)