Why 2026 is a defining year for IEBC

IEBC Chairperson Erastus Edung Ethekon, together with six Commissioners, brief media at PrideInn Paradise, Shanzu in Mombasa on July 19, 2025. [Robert Menza, Standard]

While the newly constituted Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) cut its teeth on the just concluded highly contested and controversy-laden by-elections, the ushering in of a new year comes with much more expectations, which is an arduous task for the electoral agency.

First, ahead of the 2027 general election, the IEBC is running against the clock to meet set constitutional deadlines in readiness for the polls even as it works to clear an overflowing in-tray.