More Or Less: Predicting Kenyan election results

The editor of More Or Less explains the complexities of predicting the recent Kenyan election results in response to a letter from a listener about the way that observers and pollsters forecast the outcome. Plus, we explore what is done to protect journalists who are deployed to report from dangerous parts of the world and a BBC editor explains the processes and precautions that are taken by the BBC to assess and mitigate such risks.

(Image: Kenyan election ballot papers. Credit: Will Boase/AFP/Getty Images)