Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Chairman Wafula Chebukati has said the media will be allowed to relay election results direct from polling stations. Speaking at KICC on Saturday 9th July during an event organized by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) and Mkenya Daima Initiative, Chubakati said that the
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IEBC receives first batch of the printed ballot papers
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission today received the first batch of the printed ballot papers for the August 9th general elections. Speaking at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport when he received the consignment, the IEBC chair said all the printed ballot papers will be shipped into the country through
Chebukati: There are no extra ballot papers being printed
The Chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Mr. Wafula Chebukati has dispelled allegations by a section of politicians that there was a conspiracy to print extra ballot papers. Speaking during a stakeholder engagement forum with the Kenya Private Sector Alliance at the Hilton Hotel in Nairobi, the Chairman said
Raila Ruto meet at IEBC conference
IEBC tribunal clears Wavinya and Sakaja for August polls
Tribunal says it lacks jurisdiction to authenticate their degree certifications The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) disputes tribunal has dismissed a petition seeking to bar Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja from vying for the Nairobi Governor seat over the validity of his degree. Earlier on the same tribunal also threw
Mike Sonko fails to get IEBC clearance for Mombasa race
There was standoff in Mombasa as former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko unsuccessfully presented his application to be nominated to vie for the upcoming Mombasa gubernatorial race. Sonko and his supporters engaged the Mombasa Retuning Officer Swalha Yussuf who insisted that an earlier High Court ruling lifting the order barring
Jimi Wanjigi disqualified from presidential polls for lack of University degree
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission today rejected the application for nomination by Safina party presidential aspirant Jimi Wanjigi for lack of a university degree. A statement from the IEBC said "The Returning Officer for the Presidential Election, Wafula Chebukati rejects the application by Safina Party's Presidential candidate Jimi
Nyambane’s nomination as Presidential candidate revoked
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) today revoked the nomination of the Umoja Summit Party of Kenya Walter Mong'are who was the first presidential candidate to be cleared to contest in the the upcoming August elections. See also: Walter Mong’are Nyambane cleared to run for President Mong'are had been summoned to
Lawyer who wants to legalize Marijuana cleared to run for President
Luchiri Wajackoyah and his running mate Justina Wamae The Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) cleared Prof George Luchiri Wajackoyah and his running mate Justina Wamae to vie for President of Kenya in the upcoming presidential election. He officially becomes the second Presidential aspirant after Umoja Summit flagbearer Walter Mon'gare to secure clearance
IEBC blacklists 241 aspirants; wants them barred from running
EACC CEO Twalib Mbarak The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on Wednesday 1st June released a list of 241 political aspirants running for the August August 9 elections it considers unfit to hold public office. The ethics body wrote to the Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) asking that the 241