Raila Odinga

Kenyans vote on Tuesday for a new president, and videos with phony CNN and BBC logos have popped up online to sway the elections. People are worried about a contested result and more violence breaking out after the elections, as it did in 2007.

Host Marco Werman speaks with former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga about his thoughts on the shootings in Nairobi’s Westgate Mall a month ago.

Kenyans are anxiously awaiting a Supreme Court ruling expected on Saturday that will go a long way to determining who will be their president. Larry Madowo of Kenya’s NTV says the entire nation is “on stand-by.”

Kenyan authorities have announced they’re imposing new rules for credentials. Mukoma Wa Ngugi of Cornell University, tells anchor Marco Werman that western journalists can do more to offer nuanced coverage of Kenya.

BBC correspondent Karen Allen has spoken to some of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s relatives. She joins The Takeaway from the village of Kogelo, in western Kenya.