IEBC Warns Delays in Boundary Review Could Affect 2027 Elections
Despite acknowledging that the delimitation process was necessary, the commission outlined several challenges that have made boundary delimitation unsuccessful...
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IEBC Chairperson Erastus Ethekon has warned that delays in reviewing electoral boundaries could significantly impede the 2027 general elections, as the commission has already missed crucial constitutional timelines for delimitation.
- The last boundary review was in 2012, and the deadline for the current review lapsed in March 2024.
- The primary obstacle is ongoing litigation concerning the 2019 national census data, which prevents its use for population-based boundary adjustments.
- Up to 40 constituencies, including those in Coast, Central, and Rift Valley regions, could face merging or abolition for failing to meet the constitutional population threshold, if the 2019 census data were to be used.
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