Alc Pan-african Radio

In August 2017 Kenya heads to the polls to elect the president, legislators and county representatives. Polls in Kenya have had history of violence with the worst being in 2007 where over one thousand people were killed and over three hundred thousand people were internally displaced in the country. In the August polls, President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to seek re-election against an opposition coalition led by various leaders including Raila Odinga. For this Talking Africa programme Desmond Davies speak to Ms. Gladwell Otieno, the Executive Director of Africa Centre for Open Governance (AFRICOG) to discuss the prospects of peace and the role of the civil society.