Demo on voting process and call centre go live on TV

call-centreIEBC Call Centre agents respond to calls in a revamped voter education initiative
Nairobi: Saturday, February 02, 2013

With only a month to the General Elections, the IEBC, with support from local media, will this evening simulate the voting process on prime time news from Moi Avenue Primary School voting centre. During the live broadcast event at 9pm, members of the public will have the opportunity to visualize what it takes to accomplish the six ballot election in comparison to the traditional only three elective positions.

Unless voters clearly understand the process, they may find the March 4th elections complex and tedious. The list of candidates to choose from will in some positions be long considering the interest the elections have so far generated.

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Eight Candidates Cleared to Run for President

four-candidates-IEBC Chairman Ahmed Issack Hassan and IEBC Commissioners verify docucments presented by a Presidential Candidate at KICC.
Nairobi: Wednesday, January 30, 2013

A total of eight presidential candidates have been cleared by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to vie in Kenya’s March 4 General Election.

They are Karua (Narc Kenya), James ole Kiyaipi (RBK), Peter Kenneth (KNC), Musalia Mudavadi (UDF), Uhuru Kenyatta (TNA), Mohamed Abduba Dida (ARC), Raila Odinga (ODM) and Paul Muite (Safina).

The candidates got the nod on Tuesday and Wednesday after a brief meeting with officials of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in Nairobi’s Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC). IEBC Chairman Ahmed Issack Hassan is the Returning Officer for Presidential elections.

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IEBC Set for Receiving Nomination Papers from Candidates

nomination briefIEBC CEO, O.J.H Oswago(centre) addresses a press conference on preparations for receiving presidential nomination papers at the KICC, Nairobi.
Nairobi: Monday, January 28, 2013

Aspirants for various elective positions will from Tuesday be presenting their nominations papers to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) before their names are included in the ballot papers for the March 4 General Elections.

Presidential candidates will present their nomination papers to the IEBC Chairman at KICC on 29th and 30th January while aspiring governors, senators and women representatives will appear before their respective county returning officers on Thursday, January 31 and Friday February 1, 2013. County Assembly aspirants and candidates for Member of Parliament will present their papers to their respective constituency returning officers.

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Tribunal Gives Verdict on Nomination Disputes

tribunalMembers of the IEBC Political Parties Dispute Resolution Tribunal at the Milimani Law Courts, Nairobi  
Nairobi, Monday, January 28, 2013

The tribunal set up to hear and determine disputes arising from political party nominations has finally made its ruling on the over 200 cases that had been lodged for hearing.

The tribunal, chaired by Commissioner Thomas Letangule, took over an hour reading the summary of the rulings case by case. Each member of the tribunal was given a chance to read out to a fully packed courtroom a number of the judgments.

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