Every Kenyan citizen aged 18 and above can register to vote through IEBC's Continuous Voter Registration. A step-by-step guide to eligibility, polling station allocation and the registration process.
Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission returned to full strength in 2025-26 after three years of vacancies that had blocked by-elections, boundary delimitation and 2027 preparations. The new seven-member team under Erastus Ethekon faces a tight calendar and several constitutional pressure points.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, now fully reconstituted under Chairperson Erastus Edung Ethekon, announced in 2026 that there will be no boundary delimitation before the 2027 general election. Constitutional timelines, unresolved census disputes and a tight preparatory window made the decision inevitable.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has signalled that diaspora voter registration will reopen ahead of the 2027 General Election. This guide explains what diaspora Kenyans need to do now, how the registration process works abroad, what's changing, and how proposed reforms could expand voting beyond the presidential ballot.
Kenya's electoral system is one of Africa's most complex and closely watched democratic processes, involving millions of voters, thousands of candidates, and sophisticated technology designed to ensur...
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