It will be of no value. The Kenyan voter doesn't vote based on issue. We vote on ethnic and parties owned by these ethnic personalities.

The 1st one to be on Nov. 26th both on TV and radio stations!!!!

.....2nd one on 14th January and final on 11th February!!!

Waste of time and money. What policies? We vote based on tribe...no one cares about policies...

who will be the moderator!, most probably a jungu or non kenyan otherwise if they go for the kawa guys jeff ,julie,linus claims of favoritism will emerge

Moderators: Julie Gichuru and Linus Kaikai.

Peter Kuria on twitter: "13 candidates debating 10 issues in 120 mins, that's a mockery of issues, I doubt the team I work for will be keen on it"

That's more like an introduction. It's more like the media posturing here. Let the have max. 3 candidates per session otherwise they screen La mujer dimifiba we are used to.

Therein lies my beef. Practically issues cannot be exhausted if a question is asked and 13 people answer it.

We all know that all the 13 candidates are not serious contenders, some are just seeking mileage for political alliances.

So the whole thing then becomes a farce from the beginning.

However, I'd not mind hearing the rhetoric that would be spewed in such a forum

This is an excellent idea, although its true Kenyans vote along ethnic lines, it gives an opportunity for those who care for this country to listen to the debate and vote candidates based on how they propose to solve the many problems afflicting the country. We have to start somewhere and this is a step in the right direction . The organisers will however need to have adequate security in the debate room, some of the candidates could easily turn violent as they are not known to tolerate criticism otherwise you will have headlines like, “Raila punches Kalonzo in election dabate”.

...who are we????

There is a start to everything. There is nothing wrong to start aspiring for the ideal. Hatua kwa hatua...poco a poco