Kenya

The contemporary voter needs constant media exposure to their candidate, but also a demonstration of intellectual prowess. And where better to defeat your opponents than in a televised debate?

Global news outlets BBC and CNN have been forced to issue clarifications after being the latest victims of fake news about the upcoming General Election.

It was a presidential debate that elevated the profile of one candidate and diminished that of the other. Perhaps more than anything else, it helped to swing undecided voters to one side and made them detest the other. It portrayed Raila Odinga as a humble, reachable leader and showed President

Mike Sonko and Peter Kenneth are not attending the Nairobi governor aspirants' debate taking place at Crowne Plaza Hotel.

In the week under analysis, from July 21- 27, two in five of the tweets related to the election were sent on July 24, the day the presidential debate was held.

President Uhuru Kenyatta is planning to engage Kenyans in a major televised town hall meeting to wrap up his campaigns, the Star has established.

Kenyans online were enquiring from Google on the whereabouts of President Uhuru Kenyatta after he snubbed this year's debate.

President Uhuru Kenyatta made a prudent decision to skip the televised presidential debate on Monday, it is now emerging.

Kenyans are very angry after President Uhuru said that the presidential debate was a waste of time. Some of the Kenyans took to social media to express their disappointment in president Kenyatta.

President Kenyatta has no regrets for not attending the presidential debate that took place on 24 July 2017. Even after Kenyans took to social media and criticized the president for not attending the debate Uhuru, said that the debate was a waste of time.

According to Geopoll which tracks media consumption, at least 9.6 million Kenyans watched the NASA presidential candidate on their TV sets

President Kenyatta has no regrets for not attending the presidential debate that took place on 24 July 2017. Even after Kenyans took to social media and criticized the president for not attending the debate Uhuru, said that the debate was a waste of time.