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November 22, 2005
Kenya: Yes, We Have No Bananas
We wrote on Sunday that Kenyans would be voting whether or not to approve a new constitution, which would have increased the powers of Mwai Kibaki, the ageing and not altogether incorruptible President.
To deal with the widespread illiteracy among the electorate, voters were asked to choose between a picture of a banana, for "yes", and an orange for "no" on the ballot papers.
Yesterday the electorate voted, and today, the Times reports that the bananas lost with 43 per cent of the vote, and the oranges won with 57 per cent.
Grimly, Kibaki addressed the population in a speech at Swahili: "The purpose of this process was not to identify winners or losers, but to define the decision of Kenyans. That decision has been made and by voting peacefully Kenyans have shown their respect for ... the rule of law."
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at November 22, 2005 2:26 PM
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