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Gazette Notice No. 6378 - Notice on Requirements for Submission of Party Lists — Gazette Notice No. 6378 Notice on Requirements for Submission of Party Lists

Kenya Gazette notice · Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission · Gazette Notices

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Kenya Gazette notice
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Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission · Gazette Notices
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The essential point

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Gazette Notice 6378 required parties to submit by 25 June 2022 six kinds of proportional-representation lists covering National Assembly, Senate women, youth and disability seats, plus county-assembly marginalized-group and gender lists.

Evidence: Gazette Notice No. 6378, party-list submission types; retained PDF physical p. 1

Why it matters

It turns the phrase 'party list' into six concrete nomination routes, showing the number and category of nominees parties were required to prepare for each institution.

Evidence: Gazette Notice No. 6378, party-list submission types; retained PDF physical p. 1

Open the key points and evidence

  1. The six submissions covered 12 National Assembly nominees, 16 Senate women, two Senate youth, two Senate nominees with disabilities, 47 county marginalized-group lists and 47 county gender lists.

    Gazette Notice No. 6378, party-list submission types; retained PDF physical p. 1

  2. Qualified candidates were to alternate between male and female in priority order, except on the all-women Senate list.

    Gazette Notice No. 6378, general requirement (b); retained PDF physical p. 1

  3. The notice described closed, priority-ordered lists; required regional and ethnic diversity outside county-assembly lists; and required nominees to be party members and registered voters who were not also constituency candidates.

    Gazette Notice No. 6378, general requirements (i)–(o); retained PDF physical p. 2

  4. IEBC could reject an unqualified nominee without invalidating the whole list, reject a non-compliant list within fourteen days, and give the party seven days to resubmit; missed revision periods excluded the party from seat allocation.

    Gazette Notice No. 6378, general requirements (t)–(w); retained PDF physical p. 2

  5. Within 30 days after results were declared, special seats were to be allocated proportionally using seats won, total seats and available seats; a missing or non-compliant list was excluded.

    Gazette Notice No. 6378, allocation formula and note 1; retained PDF physical p. 3

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