The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is dispatching ballot papers and other election materials today, November 21, 2025, for the upcoming by-elections on November 27, 2025. This follows the receiving of 39 types of ballot papers for the polls.

• Ballot papers for remote and high-risk areas like Banisa and Mandera will be airlifted due to security and distance concerns.
• IEBC Chairperson Erastus Ethekon announced the dispatch after the ballot papers, printed in Greece at a cost of Sh27 million, arrived.
• The by-elections will be held in 24 electoral areas with 181 candidates, including 16 candidates each in Kariobangi North County Assembly Ward and Chewani Ward.