A lesson from Kenya

Election hacking is a real threat, but it isn't being treated as such.

Uhuru Kenyatta, left, with then-UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon in Kenya in 2014. Mr. Kenyatta was the president of Kenya up until that country's election last month, which he won but the results of which were thrown out by the country's top court, which ordered a new vote within 60 days. Mr. Kenyatta's opponent, Raila Odinga, called on the UN last month to investigate the election results.Eskinder Debebe photograph courtesy of the UN

Opinion

BY LISA VAN DUSEN

September 6, 2017

If there were any doubt remaining after the 2016 U.S. presidential election about the status of election outcomes as high-value corruption targets, the death of Chris Msando is worth considering. Msando, whose mutilated body was found in the woods outside Nairobi more than a week before the Aug. 8 ...

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