Kenya Votes “Yes” on New Constitution

Women from the Turkana tribe line up to vote (Sigfried Modola/AFP/Getty Images)

Early results show that Kenya’s new constitution has passed with high voter turnout. Memories of the disastrous 2007 elections that left more than 1,000 people dead cast a shadow but thousands of police officers were dispatched to rural areas to maintain order.

The TEAM: Kenya star, Kenneth Maima enthusiastically shared his views of the electoral process:

“You should be here and witness what is going on. Comparing these votes casting and the last(2007) I can confidently say the Electoral Commission’s tallying technology and vote tactics have been reloaded to a whole new better level.  The operation is very smooth and well-coordinated and transparent!
And the people have made the greatest improvements, both camps (‘YES’ and ‘NO’) are co-relating and co-existing and talking like there is no rivalry between them what-so-ever. You should see them.
The Team Kenya and Search For Common Ground and other related organizations have a very remarkable job and this is sweetly overwhelming!
I just hope and pray that it could always stay like this.”

The New York Times has a great write-up and photo spread of the elections.