Electoral Reforms

The record

Kenya's electoral reform record as a chronology — 231 dated entries from 2016 to 2026, every one linked to the official document behind it.

Nothing on this page was written for it. Each entry is a row the warehouse already holds — a statute Kenya Law published, a stage Parliament's own Bills Tracker recorded, a member's act in the House, a reform commitment with its source document, a consultation the Clerk opened. They are placed in time and grouped into the five periods of Kenya's constitutional history.

  • 231dated entries
  • 231with a source link
  • 2016earliest entry
  • 161gazette notices, shown
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2010–today

Implementing the 2010 Constitution

24 entries

The electoral law Kenya actually runs on today — the statutes, the commission, the boundaries, and every Bill still moving.

2026

  1. acted

    Veronica Waheti Nduati Who acted

    Moved the motion — Consideration of the National Assembly Amendments to the Election Offences (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill (Senate Bills No. 28 of 2024) (The Chairperson, Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and…

    Source: Motions tracker, Senate

  2. acted

    Samson Kiprotich Cherargei Who acted

    Seconded the motion — Consideration of the National Assembly Amendments to the Election Offences (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill (Senate Bills No. 28 of 2024) (The Chairperson, Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and…

    Source: Motions tracker, Senate

2025

  1. acted

    George Gitonga Murugara Who acted

    Moved the motion — Approval of nominees for Registrar and Assistant Registrar of Political Parties

    Source: Motions tracker, National Assembly

  2. acted

    Eckomas Mwengi Mutuse Who acted

    Seconded the motion — Approval of nominees for Registrar and Assistant Registrar of Political Parties

    Source: Motions tracker, National Assembly

  3. acted

    George Gitonga Murugara Who acted

    Moved the motion — Approval of IEBC chairperson and members

    Source: Motions tracker, National Assembly

  4. acted

    George Gitonga Murugara Who acted

    Moved the motion — Adoption of Joint Report on NADCO and Two-Thirds Gender Principle

    Source: Motions tracker, National Assembly

  5. acted

    Hillary Kiprotich Sigei Who acted

    Moved the motion — Adoption of joint report on NADCO and Two-Thirds Gender Principle

    Source: Motions tracker, Senate

2024

  1. acted

    George Gitonga Murugara Who acted

    Moved the motion — This House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on its consideration of the Report of the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) and the Report of the Multi-…

    Source: Motions tracker, National Assembly

  2. acted

    Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga Who acted

    Seconded the motion — The Senate amendments to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 10 of 2024) be now considered

    Source: Motions tracker, National Assembly

  3. acted

    George Gitonga Murugara Who acted

    Moved the motion — Consideration of Senate amendments to the IEBC (Amendment) Bill

    Source: Motions tracker, National Assembly

  4. acted

    George Gitonga Murugara Who acted

    Moved the motion — The Senate amendments to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 10 of 2024) be now considered

    Source: Motions tracker, National Assembly

2023

  1. acted

    James Opiyo Wandayi Who acted

    Seconded the motion — AWARE THAT, the National Dialogue Committee was established by Parliament through a Resolution passed by the National Assembly and Senate on 16th August 2023 and 29th August 2023 respectively

    Source: Motions tracker, National Assembly

  2. acted

    Anthony Kimani Ichung'wah Who acted

    Moved the motion — AWARE THAT, the National Dialogue Committee was established by Parliament through a Resolution passed by the National Assembly and Senate on 16th August 2023 and 29th August 2023 respectively

    Source: Motions tracker, National Assembly

  3. acted

    Anthony Kimani Ichung'wah Who acted

    Moved the motion — Extension of time for the National Dialogue Committee

    Source: Motions tracker, National Assembly

  4. acted

    Anthony Kimani Ichung'wah Who acted

    Moved the motion — Establishment of a National Dialogue Committee

    Source: Motions tracker, National Assembly

  5. acted

    Wetangula Moses Masika Who acted

    Presented the petition to the House — Presented a petition by Centre for Accountability, Reform and Democracy: Delimitation of Electoral Units

    Source: Petitions tracker

  6. acted

    Anthony Tom Oluoch Who acted

    Put the question to the House — Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) State the reasons as to why funds to political parties have not been paid out in accordance with the provisions of the Political Parties Act since its enactment, and in particular, the circumstances under which the Political Parties Fund meant to ensure Parties operate and function as institutions of governance are yet to be fully disbursed four months to the end

    Source: Questions tracker

  7. acted

    Joseph Majimbo Kalasinga Who acted

    Put the question to the House — (i) Could the Commission explain why payments to Presiding Officers, Deputy Presiding Officers and Clerks that oversaw the Bungoma By-Elections for the Senatorial Seat in December 2022 have delayed up to date? (ii) What plans does the Commission have to compensate the Presiding Officers, Deputy Presiding Officers, and Clerks whose payments are long overdue given the high cost of living?

    Source: Questions tracker

  8. acted

    Moses Nguchine Kirima Who acted

    Put the question to the House — (i) When will the disputed boundary between Tharaka Nithi and Meru Counties, along Central Imenti and Tharaka Constituencies, be demarcated as recommended by the Zachary Ogongo-led Task Force Report of 2009 and further recommended by the Andrew Ligale-led Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission in its Report dated 27th November 2010? (ii) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain why residents

    Source: Questions tracker

  9. acted

    James Opiyo Wandayi Who acted

    Seconded the motion — This House adopts the Report of the National Dialogue Committee, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 7th December 2023

    Source: Motions tracker, National Assembly

  10. acted

    Anthony Kimani Ichung'wah Who acted

    Moved the motion — This House adopts the Report of the National Dialogue Committee, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 7th December 2023

    Source: Motions tracker, National Assembly

2022

  1. acted

    George Gitonga Murugara Who acted

    Moved the motion — Adoption of report on petitions for removal of four IEBC commissioners

    Source: Motions tracker, National Assembly

  2. acted

    Eckomas Mwengi Mutuse Who acted

    Seconded the motion — Adoption of report on petitions for removal of four IEBC commissioners

    Source: Motions tracker, National Assembly

  3. acted

    Wetangula Moses Masika Who acted

    Presented the petition to the House — Presented a petition by Republican Party, Rev. Dennis Ndwiga Nthumbi, Mr. Geoffrey Langat, Mr. Owuor Steve Gerry: Removal of Four Members of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)

    Source: Petitions tracker

What each date means. The lanes do not all measure the same thing, so every entry carries one word saying which date it shows. Assented — the President signed it. In force — a legal notice's commencement, which is the only date a notice has. Recorded — the date Parliament's own Bills Tracker gives that stage. Acted — the member did this on that day. Invited — the Clerk opened the consultation. Started / due — a commitment's clock. Issued — the document's own date. Published — the date the publishing body put the file on its own website, which is not the document's date.

That last one is the one to watch. IEBC's listings state no issue date at all, and the dates inside their titles are dates of the events the documents concern: the notice IEBC published on 8 August 2026 is about an election scheduled for 10 August 2027. We record the date the Commission actually states and never infer the other.

Where this record thins out. The chronology is dense from 2010 because that is when the law it tracks was made, and because Parliament, Kenya Law and the IEBC all publish machine-readable records of it. Earlier periods are held in narrative research rather than in dated rows, and are pending import. The page shows the eras either way, so the shape of what is missing is visible rather than implied.