Wooing Angry Millennials in Kenya’s Cliffhanger Vote
- More than half of nation’s registered voters are under 35
- Urban youth likely to back opposition, says analyst Gordon
Kenyan Opposition Demands Odinga Be Declared Winner
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Having watched Kenya’s economic boom pass him by, security guard Frederick Kibaraza is skeptical whether there’s any point voting in Tuesday’s cliffhanger elections.
“I am not falling for the ideas of politicians,” Kibaraza, 27, said as he strolled along a dusty street near his home in Kawangware, a slum in the capital, Nairobi. “We vote for them and they go there and benefit themselves. Somebody driving a Toyota Corolla, we vote for them and after one year you see him with a Range Rover, a Mercedes-Benz.”