Английская Википедия:Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:EngvarB Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox government agency The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is an independent regulatory agency that was founded in the year 2011 through the making of the Constitution of Kenya. The Commission is responsible for conducting or supervising referendums and elections to any elective body or office established by the Constitution, and any other elections as prescribed by an Act of Parliament.[1] It was created in a provision of the 2010 constitution and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Act.[2] Its mandate includes "the continuous registration of voters and revision of the voter's roll, the delimitation of constituencies and wards, the regulation of political parties process, the settlement of electoral disputes, the registration of candidates for elections, voter education, the facilitation of the observation, monitoring and evaluation of elections, the regulation of money spent by a candidate or party in respect of any election, the development of a code of conduct for candidates and parties, [and] the monitoring of compliance with legislation on nomination of candidates by parties."[3][4]

Membership

The Commission is made up of seven commissioners and a CEO appointed by them (who also acts as the commission secretary). The commissioners are appointed by the President of Kenya and confirmed by the Kenyan Parliament. Each member serves a six-year term.[1] By law, no Commissioner can be a member of a political party, and at least four votes are required for any official Commission action. Once appointed, the new commissioners are sworn in by the chief justice in office at the time of their appointment.[5]

Commissioners

Current

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Immediate former

Offices

National office

The IEBC national office is located on the 6th Floor of Anniversary Towers, University Way in Nairobi.

Constituency offices

The Commission currently has offices in every constituency and county in the country.

Key roles

For the Kenyan general election, 2013, IEBC has appointed individuals to the following positions:[10][11][12][13]

Returning Officer

These are individuals appointed by the commission for the purpose of conducting an election or a referendum at the County Level. County Returning Officers are assisted by Deputy County Returning Officers.

Constituency Returning Officer

These are individuals appointed by the commission for the purpose of conducting an election or a referendum at the Constituency-Level. Constituency returning officers will be assisted by a Deputy Constituency Returning Officer.

Elections carried out

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The Commission has the constitutional mandate to conduct and supervise referendums and elections to any elective body or office established by the Constitution, and any other elections as prescribed by an Act of Parliament.[15]

By-Elections

Area Position Date
Makueni County Member of Senate 26 July 2013[16]
Kajiado West Constituency, Kajiado County Member of County Assembly 26 October 2017[17]
Bura Constituency, Tana River County
Bobasi Constituency, Kisii County
Turkana Central Constituency, Turkana County
Kitutu Chache South Member of Parliament 7 November 2017
Masalani, Garissa county Member of County Assembly
Bogichora, Nyamira

General Elections

Date Position Presidential Winner
4 March 2013
  • President
  • Member of Senate
  • Member of Parliament
  • Woman Representative
  • County Governor
  • Member of County Assembly
 Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta
8 August 2017 Presidential Results Nullified by Supreme Court
26 October 2017
  • President
 Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta
9 August 2022
  • President
  • Member of Senate
  • Member of Parliament
  • Woman Representative
  • County Governor
  • Member of County Assembly
 William Ruto

The commission organised the general election on 4 March 2013. The presidential election was petitioned at the Supreme Court of Kenya.Шаблон:Clarify[18]

The IEBC's handling of the Kenyan general election, 2017, has drawn scrutiny. The Supreme Court of Kenya invalidated the first Presidential election results due to voting irregularities.[19] Former IEBC Commissioner Roselyn Akombe also issued a statement declaring that the second Presidential election would not be a fair election.[20] Just before making this statement, she resigned and fled to the United States out of fear for her life.[21][22][23]

Potential misinformation on social media platforms.

A fake statement was circulating on Facebook claiming that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) had issued a clarification on the distribution of 6,000 additional polling stations in Kenya ahead of the 9 August 2022 general elections. This misinformation was posted by IEBC and further looked into by PesaCheck which is East Africa’s first public finance fact-checking initiative in collaboration with Code for Africa-the continent’s largest civic technology and data journalism accelerator who found out that the statement was FAKE. [24]

See also

References

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External links

Шаблон:National election commissions Шаблон:Kenya Government Commissions Шаблон:Authority control

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