Here's what you need to know about emerging markets this week, from the WSJ
News and analysis on the frontier markets
The chief of Kenya’s electoral commission on Wednesday said he wasn’t able to deliver a credible election this week amid meddling from candidates and threats of violence, Matina Stevis-Gridneff reports. The announcement cast further doubt on the vote just hours after a top electoral official, Roselyn Akombe, announced she had resigned and said she feared for her life. The country has been plunged into political turmoil since the Supreme Court annulled the August election and ordered an October 26 redo, saying there were major problems with the original count. The planned revote has strongly divided the country, with some arguing that the electoral commission can’t deliver a fair and trustworthy election as planned. In the wake of Akombe’s announcement, Wafula Chekubati, chief of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, issued a warning to the country’s political leaders. “It’s impossible under the current conditions to hold free and fair elections,” he said. A retired so...
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