The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has rejected allegations of illegal voter registration, voter transfers and the registration of foreigners, saying it has not received credible evidence to substantiate the claims as Kenya prepares for the 2027 General Election. The Commission issued the response after a KTN teaser raised questions about the ongoing Continuous…
Former Attorney General Justin Muturi has asked the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to summon Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen over remarks on identification and voter registration services for Kenyans living in Uganda, putting cross-border registration under fresh political scrutiny ahead of Kenya’s 2027 General Election. Muturi, the Democratic Party leader, said Murkomen should…
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has pledged to stop heroin, cocaine and cannabis from entering Kenya within one year if his administration is elected, putting border security and the fight against drug trafficking at the centre of his emerging political platform. Gachagua pledged during an event in the United States, saying his administration would prioritise…
Human rights activist Davies Okombo has warned that weaknesses in the technology and funding of Kenya’s electoral commission could put the 2027 presidential results under fresh legal scrutiny, particularly if problems emerge in the transmission and tallying of votes. Okombo says the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) must ensure that the systems used to…
Former Chief Justice David Maraga has vowed to continue campaigning for changes to Kenya’s presidential results tallying system after the High Court upheld the legality of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission’s (IEBC) national tallying centre. Maraga said the People’s Coalition on Electoral Reforms would not abandon its push for changes ahead of the August…
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has finally removed three nominated Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) in Kwale whose nominations were nullified by the High Court in 2023, ending a three-year legal and administrative limbo, but leaving two other names at the centre of the original case outside its latest replacement exercise. IEBC…
The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has summoned Kimilili Member of Parliament Didmus Wekesa Barasa over remarks he allegedly made during a public address in Sirisia Constituency, Bungoma County, on September 19, 2026. In a summons issued as part of an ongoing investigation, NCIC said Barasa is required to appear before the commission on…
UDA has criticised retired President Uhuru Kenyatta after he said he still believes the late Raila Odinga won the 2022 presidential election, accusing the former Head of State of refusing to accept the outcome of the disputed poll. The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, issueed a response to Uhuru’s remarks, escalating…
The rejection of Edwin Sifuna’s preferred party rebrand has exposed a more fundamental test for Kenya’s Linda Mwananchi movement: whether it can turn a broad political alliance into a coherent electoral organisation while its leading figures pursue different party vehicles. The Registrar of Political Parties rejected a proposal to change the United Democratic Party (UDP),…
The name Cyrus Jirongo has suddenly returned to Kenya’s political conversation, eight months after his death. The late former Lugari MP is back in the headlines after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni revealed that Jirongo was the Kenyan politician who alerted him in 2019 to Uganda’s use of middlemen in petroleum procurement. Days later, Museveni said…
