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The Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2017 gives effect to Article 99(1)(b), amends the Elections Act and IEBC Act, and provides for electoral processes and connected purposes in Kenya’s electoral law.
Evidence: Long title and commencement block; retained PDF physical p. 2
Why it matters
It shows that the 2017 reform package changed both election rules and the law governing IEBC.
Evidence: Long title and commencement block; retained PDF physical p. 2
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The Act records assent on 9 January 2017 and commencement on 30 January 2017.
Long title and commencement block; retained PDF physical p. 2 -
For a general election, it required the voter register to open within ninety days of the notice for at least thirty days of inspection.
Section 4; retained PDF physical p. 2 -
It required political parties to determine intra-party nomination disputes within thirty days and changed a nomination interval from forty-five to fifty-five days.
Section 6; retained PDF physical p. 3 -
It required a complementary mechanism for voter identification and results transmission that is simple, accurate, verifiable, secure, accountable and transparent.
Section 19 inserting section 44A; retained PDF physical p. 7 -
It required a preliminary boundaries report to remain public for thirty days while IEBC invited representations on its proposals.
Section 30 inserting section 36(3)–(5); retained PDF physical p. 10
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