No degree? Forget elective positions next year - IEBC

IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati (right) and British High Commission Governance and Security Advisor Nikolai Hutchinson flag off voters’ education awareness truck during IEBC Annual Voter Education Week at Bomas of Kenya on Monday, June 14, 2021. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Aspirants seeking to run for elective positions but are not degree holders risk being locked out of the 2022 General Election as section 22 Election Act comes into effect.

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebukati has said the law requiring aspirants for the six elective positions to be degree holders will take effect next year.