{"id":6460,"date":"2025-06-24T23:17:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T23:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/kenyas-2022-general-elections-and-nigerians-2023-general-elections-any-lessons-for-democratic-consolidation-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T04:15:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T04:15:27","slug":"kenyas-2022-general-elections-and-nigerians-2023-general-elections-any-lessons-for-democratic-consolidation-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/kenyas-2022-general-elections-and-nigerians-2023-general-elections-any-lessons-for-democratic-consolidation-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya\u2019s 2022 General Elections and Nigerian\u2019s 2023 General  Elections: Any Lessons for Democratic Consolidation in Africa?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: <strong>Kenya\u2019s 2022 General Elections and Nigerian\u2019s 2023 General  Elections: Any Lessons for Democratic Consolidation in Africa?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href='https:\/\/wissjournals.com.ng\/index.php\/wiss\/article\/view\/133' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF: <a href='https:\/\/wissjournals.com.ng\/index.php\/wiss\/article\/download\/133\/120' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>Universally, election is the pillar of representative democracy. The health of any democracy, no matter its type or status, depends on a small technical detail: the conduct of elections. Everything else is secondary. A credible election not only confers legitimacy on political leadership, but it is also crucial to the sustenance of democratic order. Paradoxically, the electoral process in Africa has been characterized by violence. In the 21st century, manifestations of electoral violence have assumed an unprecedented magnitude and changing form and character, with negative implications for democratic stability. The level and magnitude of electoral and political violence has risen and the political elites have often converted their foot-soldiers who undermine the electoral process by perpetrating these violent acts. This paper showcases that Kenyans have carved out a roadmap for themselves and democratic reformers across the continent. It further underscores the defining characteristics of the Nigeria\u2019s 2023 general elections with confidence in elections as means of making political choices through constitutional reforms and independent judiciary signposting the salient similarities between the Kenya\u2019s and Nigeria\u2019s general elections. Therefore, the paper seeks to point some dynamics of Kenya\u2019s 2022 as well as highlighting some features in the 2023 elections in Nigeria, which could help in defining democratic governance and democratic consolidation in Africa?<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Godwin Ojanyi Agbiloko (Institute For Peace And Conflict Resolution, Abuja)<\/li>\n<li>Gerald Ifeanyi Okafor (Institute For Peace And Conflict Resolution, Abuja)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>Democratization, Elections, Electoral Violence, Social Conflict, governance<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: Kenya\u2019s 2022 General Elections and Nigerian\u2019s 2023 General Elections: Any Lessons for Democratic Consolidation&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[3674,483,3450,1012,3675],"class_list":["post-6460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-democratization","tag-elections","tag-electoral-violence","tag-governance","tag-social-conflict","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kenya\u2019s 2022 General Elections and Nigerian\u2019s 2023 General Elections: Any Lessons for Democratic Consolidation in Africa? 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