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Presidential list cut to four, the shortest since 1992 elections

Independent Presidential Candidate Eliud Muthiora Kiriara burns his voter's card after IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati disqualified him from the Presidential contest at Bomas of Kenya on Monday, June 6, 2022. [Samson Wire. Standard].

The electoral commission has cleared only four presidential candidates for the August 9 elections.

This is the least number of presidential aspirants the country has had since 1992 when multiparty politics were introduced.

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