Why many Kenyans want election date changed

A voter casts his vote in the August 2017 elections. The National Assembly Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs formed sub-committees to conduct hearings on the proposal to change election dates in Nairobi, Kisumu and Nakuru. [File, Standard]

Five groups have supported the push to change the elections date from August to December citing disruption to schools and inconvenience to voters traveling upcountry mid year.

FIDA-kenya, Kenya Girl Guides Association, Uraia Trust, Center for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW) and Women Empowerment League (WEL) backed the Bill to amend the constitution to change the poll date during a public hearing convened by the Justice and Legal Affairs committee.