Political parties have until November 16 to refile revised nomination rules as required under Section 27 (1) of the Elections Act.
This is after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has rejected nomination rules submitted by all Political Parties since they were found to be noncompliant with requirements of the law.
“None of the political parties have complied with the requirements of the law and has in the premises communicated to them to revise their party nomination rules and procedures pursuant to section 27 (2A) 9b) of the Elections Act 2011,” Chebukati’s statement read in part.
Once the electoral agency reviews the nomination rules, the political parties who will have not adhered with the prescribed regulations may be barred from participating in the next year’s polls.
Further, the commission reiterated that it will only issue a certificate of compliance to political parties whose nomination rules are compliant with the prescribed regulations.
“Non-compliant rules will be declared null and void. The affected political parties will not be issued with a compliance certificate, therefore will not take part in the upcoming General Election,” he added.
IEBC introduced a raft of new guidelines to political parties on the submission of nomination rules.
The commission had announced that it will reject any rules that do not comply with the two-thirds gender rule.
