John Kerry with President Uhuru Kenyatta. Photo/the-star.co.ke
Former US secretary of state John Kerry and former Senegalese prime minister Aminata Touré will co-lead the Carter Center’s election observation mission in Kenya.
The two were picked by the organisation to lead a team of more than 50 observers who will be monitoring polling and tabulation of the August 8 elections throughout the country.
Mr Kerry said that Kenya had come a long way since the elections of 2007 and it was up to leaders on all sides to ensure that the violence that followed the election in 2007 is not repeated in August 8 polls.
Mr Kerry, Ms Touré, and the Carter Center leadership team will arrive in the country in the days leading up to the election to meet with key stakeholders, including political party candidates, civil society organisations, government officials, domestic citizen observers, and other international election observer missions, before observing polling and tabulation on August 8.