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Why Kenya should lower voting age to 16 years ahead of 2027 poll

In a nation where the median age hovers around 20 years, Kenya’s youth are the real owners of the country. Yet, our electoral system sidelines them until age 18, a threshold that feels increasingly arbitrary.

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