The Commission attended the Project Technical Team Committee meeting convened by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Nairobi on 13th October 2023 to apprise on the progress of the “Deepening Democracy” project and consolidate the democratic dividends for sustainable transformation in Kenya project.
The Deputy Commission Secretary (DCS - Support Services) Obadiah Keitany, who represented the Commission Secretary/CEO, Marjan Hussein Marjan, and co-chaired the meeting, informed the participants of the Commission’s achievements and challenges.
He observed that the Commission was looking forward to the appointment and induction of the new Commission members, review and production of an election training manuals compendium, have paralegal training on elections, launch continuous voter registration & education including in diaspora, and rolling out of online registration in line with the government’s agenda on digitization and digitalization.
The Commission also targets to review specifications of the electoral materials, prepare the logistical plan for the 2027 General Election, train staff on new biometric voter registration system, collect data on review and mapping of registration centres, and formulate legal reform framework and regulatory processes.
Some of the short term priority areas that the Commission was seeking support include: the legal reform framework and regulatory processes, training of the Judicial Committee and Commission advocates on the electoral boundary delimitation, validation of boundary geo-data, public hearings & stakeholder engagements across the 47 counties.
The Commission also seeks to carry out public awareness/outreach on boundaries delimitation activities, establish the boundaries security arrangement program, procure communication equipment and materials to support the boundaries delimitation exercise, produce information education and communication materials and sundries, conduct cascaded capacity building of staff on boundaries delimitation, hold National Boundaries Delimitation Conference and produce the 2022 General Election documentary.
Moreover, the Commission was seeking support to conduct post evaluation of electoral boundaries delimitation exercise; review of strategic plan 2020-2024 to inform development of strategic plan 2024-2028 and election operations plan; continuous capacity building of staff and stakeholders on election process; targeted voter education to youth, women and pastoral communities; and documentation and archival of the generated electoral boundaries literature in the knowledge management repository.