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IEBC to reject parties nomination lists that fail to meet two-thirds gender

IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati, addresses members of the press on April 26, 2022, at Anniversary Towers in Nairobi.[Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) will reject nomination lists of parties that will not meet the two-thirds gender principle in selecting their candidates.

In a letter addressed to political parties, the IEBC directed them to pick at least a third of their candidates for all seats from one gender.

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