IEBC Confirms Date for 2022 General Elections

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has confirmed the exact date for the next general election.

IEBC Chairperson Wafula Chebukati on Friday announced the elections will be held on August 9th, 2022.

 “The next general elections will be held on 9th August 2022 in line with the recently released Elections Operational Plan,” Chebukati announced.

Chebukati indicated that candidates and political parties intending to participate in the next year’s elections are free to commence financing of their campaigns.

Parties and candidates are required to furnish the electoral commission with authorized persons appointed to manage their campaign funds.

“All authorized persons shall be required at registration to open campaign financing ban accounts where contributions by a candidate, political party or contributions received from a lawful source and submit the details of the account to the commission,” Chebukati added.

IEBC’s announcement comes amid widespread allegations that there are plans to delay the 2022 elections over the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic and the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) referendum push.

But IEBC and a section of political leaders have insisted that the election must go on as provided in the 2010 constitution.