• First Presidential Debate

    11th February 2013

  • Second Presidential Debate

    25th February 2013

The debates will provide Kenyan voters with the opportunity to listen, interrogate and interact with the presidential candidates. They will also afford the candidates the opportunity to reach out to the widest possible audience and explain how they would govern if elected president.

The debates are aimed at helping voters make informed choices, promoting national cohesion and steering the campaigns towards issue-driven leadership rather than personality-based politics.

Following our statement on October 10th regarding the planned first ever presidential debates in Kenya, the joint media Presidential Debates Steering Committee would like to announce that the first of the two debates will now be held in February 2013 and not November 26th as earlier indicated.



The decision to move the debates follows consultations with stakeholders who felt that it would be in the wider interest of the public to stage the presidential debate closer to the March 2013 general election, and indeed after the formal nomination of presidential candidates has taken place.

In the meantime, the public is encouraged to engage in discussions, suggest issues they want discussed and possible questions on the debates’ Twitter account (https://twitter.com/capitalfm_kenya), Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/capitalfm_kenya), send emails to info@presidentialdebate.co.ke or SMS - 2282.

The two debates to be aired simultaneously on TV and radio stations and online, will be staged with topics and questions to be crafted by a broad-based editorial committee.

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