@njunge
Bad leaders are voted in by citizens who do not vote.....Stop whining!!....Register now and go vote out those idiots

Well said

"Bad leaders are voted in by citizens who do not vote" that is so a campaign catch phrase, will definately have my card but if the options are similar to last time of any of the current honourables nitakua kwa bar

The only reason people are able to rig is because there are not enough voters to set vote difference to "unriggable" levels... assuming we all hate kibaki and he runs for presidency in 2012 and 8million say no only 2 million say yes, do you think he will be able to rig 6.2 million votes to be declared winner? (this is an extreme case but hey, it makes a difference....) tell us how your not voting will stop people from being killed?

Umeongea kama Makmende wawili

"Voting patterns in America are keenly analysed statistics by party officials. In 1996 the turn out at the general election was 49% which was the lowest turn out since 1924. This was despite a record of 13 million new voters registering to vote in 1992. (Total voters 1996: 196,511,000)"

== http://www.historylearni...patterns_in_america.htm

Voter turn out in the US for the last 6 elections.

1998 = 36.4% George H. W. Bush won
2000 = 51.3% Bill Clinton won
2002 = 37.0% Bill Clinton won
2004 = 55.3% George W. Bush won
2006 = 37.1% George W. Bush won
2008 = 56.8% Barack Obama won

== http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781453.html


My point: The outcome of an election may or may not depend on the voter turn-out.