Twitting Votes: The Middle Class and the 2013 Elections in Kenya

Introduction The 2013 general elections in Kenya were in canvas of a mixed background of high expectation and a lingering aftertaste of the 2008 chaos. The high expectation was that this time round the elections would exorcise the ghosts of the 2008 post election violence and the voters would vouch for economic performance, social welfare improvement, banish tribalism and further consolidate the voting process. These hopes were largely placed on the shoulders of the growing middle class which...