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Aug 9 polls: IEBC wants gender-compliant nominees, but what does the law say?

A woman casts her vote at Chemaluk Primary School, Uasin Gishu on April 19, 2022. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has threatened to reject parties’ nomination lists that won’t adhere to the two-thirds gender rule.

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