Kenya is holding its breath as the blaring speakers of the election campaign cars finally fall silent ahead of tomorrow’s vote.
Ten years ago there was terrible post-election ethnic violence in the country, which nobody there wants to see repeated.
But with opinion polls predicting a very close race between incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga, there are fears there could be trouble ahead.
What happens to Kenya is less about who wins the elections and more about how those who lose take their defeat.
The success of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission computerized voting system is key to the process being considered free and fair.
If it fails – as it did in 2013 – the votes will be counted manually, and in a country where vote-rigging has been alleged in the past, the loser will no doubt challenge the result.
