Tagged: IEBC
Conrad Omodiagbe
Electoral Body in Kenya Publishes Wrong Results
Three years later, results from the August 2017 general elections in Kenya seem to be the source of a major controversy, as irregularities in a detailed result document uploaded by the country’s Independent Election and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on its website showed errors that have raised suspicion on the credibility of the polls. The commission […]
The Election Network
3 Reasons Why This Controversial Kenyan Electoral Commissioner Resigned
Roselyn Akombe, an outspoken, media savvy commissioner at Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has called it quits. According to a personal statement made available to the press, the commissioner who is one out of seven electoral commissioners, ruled out IEBC’s ability to conduct a credible election on the 26th of October. The commissioner’s resignation did not surprise […]
George Okore
Time is running out on Kenya’s electoral commission
With only 165 days left to go before Kenya’s general election, questions abound as to whether the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the country’s elections management body, will be able to meet the August 8 election deadline. On January 16, the IEBC began the second and last mass voter registration exercise. The process, which […]