Writing in the Nairobi Law Monthly edition of February 1995, celebrated lawyer and SDP party official Pheroze Nowrojee argued that even though the country had moved from the single party status to the multi-party democracy, at that time, there were still no changes in the general manner of running the country.

In 1995, Mr. Nowrojee observed that tribalism thrived, the Government blocked opposition meetings, there was keen interest by the Government in the Judiciary, corruption scandals were rife, there was systematic assault on the press, private armies were existent. It is now twelve years later, and regimes have changed; the former ruling party KANU was voted out overwhelmingly in late 2002 and a new party NARC elected to take over Government. Now, it is time to assess the changes that have really taken place to the way things are run.

Scroll through the slides below, charting the headlines in the national media from the last election to this one.

With the recent opinion polls that showed the lead ODM and Raila Odinga have in public's perception, Communication Minister Mutahi Kagwe stated that Kenyan need someone they can trust. It is unlikely that he was speaking against his boss, but here is a thought from the lead-up to the last election.

“It was hard to select the party's flagbearer. We all staked our claims with reasons. The reason that won the day was made by Kibaki after he made it clear he would be president for only one five-year term....Kibaki volunteered that proposal.” The late Michael Kijana Wamalwa explaining on Nation TV’s StateCraft how the National Party of Kenya (NAK) agreed on a single presidential candidate. Responding to media questions on whether or not the president had made such a pledge, Health Minister Charity Ngilu said "I was there and I heard." (Daily Nation February 3, 2007). As the last slide shows, the President has denied he made such a pledge. Now, the decision will be yours.