Special report: Why Kenyans need clean data to be sure real people vote in August

A depressed vote is as much about turnout as it is about initial registration. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

When we delved into the tyranny of numbers a fortnight ago, excitement centred around unaudited Independent Boundaries and Electoral Commission (IEBC) data on 22.1 million voters registered for the 2022 election.

For the Presidency at 80 per cent voter turnout, 150,000 votes short of nine million gets you the job, while 10 million is the Holy Grail; the unequivocally decisive statement not of victory, but annihilation.