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Why Kenya's sixth president will be chosen long before Election Day

Police officers guard presidential ballot boxes from Jomvu polling station, Mombasa, on August 31, 2022. [File, Standard] 

In every election cycle, millions of Kenyans queue to cast their ballots, believing they are electing their next president. But do they?

But based on my long study of presidential politics, let me share an inconvenient truth: The winner is rarely chosen at the ballot. Instead, three powerful agencies decide long before the ordinary voter steps into the polling booth. Who are they?

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