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.
After more than two years without a quorum, Kenya finally has a reconstituted Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission in office. The Ethekon Commission inherits voter register cleaning, boundary delimitation, diaspora voter expansion, and the 2027 general election itself.
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.
The Constitution of Kenya 2010 guarantees voting rights for Kenyans living abroad, yet more than a decade later, diaspora voting remains largely unimplemented. With an estimated four million Kenyans i...
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