Over the past few years, we have experienced some violent clashes during elections coupled with quite a few other incidents of intimidation which tend to undermine the electoral process and our democracy in general. Although these are highlighted more when we have elections on a national scale, it’s also true that we have had such unfortunate incidents at more localised political contests be they intra or inter-party.

There have been serious cases of violent confrontations even in the institutions of higher learning as students from different political formations square it out in SRC elections. These incidents add no value to our democracy. In fact, they tend to discourage free and fair participation in political processes and lead citizens to entertain the possibility that those who end up being ‘elected’ under such circumstances have doubtful legitimacy.

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