In all, a record 4,000 independent Kenyan candidates standing across the board in August elections | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

One of the big stories of the forthcoming August Kenya elections is the number of candidates standing as independents across the board. In all, a record 4,000. The political pundits are not agreed on what it means. Some see them as sore losers who rushed to stand as independents after they were thrashed in the party…