NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 21- The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has announced that the official campaign period will kick off on May 29.
The commission’s chairman Wafula Chebukati further gazetted August 9 as the date for the general election.
He further pointed out that political parties intending to present a candidate in the Presidential election shall also submit the names of persons contesting in the party primaries, “the date and venues of the primaries on the same date being 21 days before the nomination day.”
“A political party intending to present a Presidential candidate in this election shall conduct its primaries and resolve intraparty disputes on or before Friday, 22nd April 2022. A political party intending to present a Presidential candidate through direct nominations or party primaries shall submit the name of the person nominated to contest in the election to the Commission on or before Thursday, 28th April 2022,” he indicated.
Those intending to vie for various positions as independent candidates are expected not to be members of any registered political party by May 2nd which is 3 months before the General Election, he further stated.
“Candidates intending to participate in this election as independent candidates shall submit their names and symbols that they intend to use during the election to the Commission on or before Monday, 2nd May 2022,” he said.
“The Commission shall publish in the Gazette, the names and symbols of persons intending to contest in the election as independent candidates at least fourteen (14) days before the nomination day being on or before Friday, 13th May 2022.”
A total of 82 political parties will take part in this year’s polls after IEBC approved their nomination rules.
On January 7, the electoral body cleared 10 more parties to participate in the polls.
Out of the 83 registered political parties in the Country, Chebukati said that one political party was disqualified after being nonresponsive.
“One party known as The Alliance Real Change Party was nonresponsive and therefore not approved to participate. We want to assure Kenyans that the commission is on course for the 2022 general election and ready to deliver fair, verifiable and credible polls.”
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