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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Implementing the 2010 Constitution
24 entriesThe electoral law Kenya actually runs on today — the statutes, the commission, the boundaries, and every Bill still moving.
2026
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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
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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
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George Gitonga Murugara Who acted
Moved the motion — Approval of nominees for Registrar and Assistant Registrar of Political Parties
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Eckomas Mwengi Mutuse Who acted
Seconded the motion — Approval of nominees for Registrar and Assistant Registrar of Political Parties
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George Gitonga Murugara Who acted
Moved the motion — Approval of IEBC chairperson and members
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George Gitonga Murugara Who acted
Moved the motion — Adoption of Joint Report on NADCO and Two-Thirds Gender Principle
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Hillary Kiprotich Sigei Who acted
Moved the motion — Adoption of joint report on NADCO and Two-Thirds Gender Principle
Source: Motions tracker, Senate
2024
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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-…
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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
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George Gitonga Murugara Who acted
Moved the motion — Consideration of Senate amendments to the IEBC (Amendment) Bill
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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
2023
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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
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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
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Anthony Kimani Ichung'wah Who acted
Moved the motion — Extension of time for the National Dialogue Committee
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Anthony Kimani Ichung'wah Who acted
Moved the motion — Establishment of a National Dialogue Committee
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
2022
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George Gitonga Murugara Who acted
Moved the motion — Adoption of report on petitions for removal of four IEBC commissioners
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Eckomas Mwengi Mutuse Who acted
Seconded the motion — Adoption of report on petitions for removal of four IEBC commissioners
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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
Democratic transition and constitutional reform
0 entriesThe 2002 transfer of power, the 2005 referendum, the 2007–08 crisis and the process that produced a new constitution.
Nothing in this era matches that filter.
The return of multiparty elections
0 entriesMultiparty polls resume under a constitution still written for one party, and the reform argument becomes an electoral one.
Nothing in this era matches that filter.
Independence and the one-party state
0 entriesFrom the independence constitution to the repeal of section 2A — the period in which competitive elections were legislated away.
Nothing in this era matches that filter.
Colonial constitutional order
0 entriesProtectorate and colony. The first elections to the Legislative Council were held in 1919, on a franchise restricted by race.
Nothing in this era matches that filter.
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.