Changing elections date need not override greater concerns

The last of several attempts to move the election date from August to December has hit a brick wall. This came about after the mover of the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill 2018; Kimilili MP Chris Wamalwa failed to garner the requisite two thirds of parliamentarians to see his motion sail through. When the motion came up for a vote, there were only 187 MPs in the house, yet he needed the tacit support of 233 MPs.

In 2015, Ugenya constituency Member of Parliament David Ochieng attempted, through the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill 2015, to push the election date from August 2017 to December 2017. That attempt also failed.