Nairobi gubernatorial by-election has been scheduled for February 18, 2021, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has announced.
The election was occasioned after the impeachment of Governor Mike Sonko on Thursday last week.
In a gazette notice, IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati directed political parties intending to participate in the by-election to submit the names of the persons contesting in party primaries and the dates of the nominations on or before December 28, 2020.
The former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko on Monday moved to court seeking to stop the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) from holding a by-election.
The electoral agency said that the campaign period will run between January 18, 2021, and February 15, 2021.
Chebukati, however, gave a seven-day window period for any public officer who intends to contest in the by-election to resign.
“Following the declaration of vacancy that occurred in the office of the county governor Nairobi City County, following the impeachment and subsequently the swearing-in of the Speaker of the County Assembly of Nairobi as the acting County Governor on December 21, 2020, there shall be a by-election for the County Governor of Nairobi County on Thursday, February 18, 2021,” read the gazette notice dated December 21, 2020.
The IEBC boss said all campaigns shall run from 7.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. during the campaign period.
