By-elections offer test of IEBC's credibility

Election officials do the final checks of election materials  at Ambira Boys High  school in Ugunja,Siaya before dispatch to various polling stations.[Michael Mute/Standard]

As the electorate readies to cast its vote in a record 24 by-elections today, the stage has been set for a high-stakes political duel whose aftermath will reverberate well into the looming 2027 elections.

Whereas the elections were delayed by a lack of commissioners at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), they come at a time of high-octane politics and have seen senior politicians falling over themselves to please the electorate as the polls shadow the next General Election.