None of 89 political parties which submitted their nomination rule fully complied with the law

On Wednesday IEBC Chairman Wafula Cebukati said tut of 89 political parties which submitted their nomination rules, none has fully complied with the law, he said the parties have 14 days to make amendments.

“Pursuant to the provisions of Section 27 (2A) of the Elections Act, 2011 and Regulation 6 of the Elections (Party Primaries and Party Lists) Regulations, 2017, the Commission has reviewed the submitted Political Party Nomination Rules,” Chebukati said.

“The Commission has determined from the review that none of the Political Parties has fully complied with the requirements of the law and has in the premises communicated to the Political Parties to revise their party nomination rules and procedures pursuant to Section 27(2A)(b) of the Elections Act, 2011.”

“However, Nomination Rules that fail to comply with the requisite regulations, shall be declared void and rejected,” he said.

“Consequently, the affected Political Parties will not be issued with a certificate of compliance and shall not participate in the 2022 General Elections.”