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IEBC postpones five by-elections due to coronavirus

IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati at a past function. [File, Standard]

Members of four wards and a constituency will wait longer to pick to their representatives after the electoral body called off planned by-elections in the regions.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Wednesday said it had moved the mini-poll in Msambweni constituency "to a later date" due to the coronavirus outbreak.

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