{"id":110981,"date":"2025-02-25T11:03:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T11:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/iebc-projects-sh61bn-budget-for-2027-general-election\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T11:03:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T11:03:55","slug":"iebc-projects-sh61bn-budget-for-2027-general-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/iebc-projects-sh61bn-budget-for-2027-general-election\/","title":{"rendered":"IEBC projects Sh61bn budget for 2027 General Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 25 \u2013 The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)has projected that it needs a Sh61.7 billion budget for the 2027 General Election.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Obadiah Keitany during a presentation to Parliament on Tuesday, highlighting several key financial requirements that the amount will cover.<\/p>\n<p>This includes a Sh7 billion allocated for boundary delimitation, pending a court advisory.<\/p>\n<p>The IEBC also anticipates registering an additional 5.7 million voters, bringing the total to 28 million by 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, fourteen pending by-elections are projected to cost approximately Shh480 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commission projects an additional 5.7 million new voters to have a total of 28 million in the 2027 General Election,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the budget for boundary delimitation of Sh7 billion but we are still waiting for the Court advisory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, IEBC plans to replace 45,352 Kenya Integrated Election Management System (KIEMS) kits, excluding the 14,000 units purchased in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In total, 59,352 kits are required, with the replacement expected to cost Sh7 billion, considering each kit is priced at Sh65,000.<\/p>\n<p>Keitany noted that the IEBC has outstanding bills amounting to Sh3.8 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Finance Director Osman Ibrahim noted that KIEMS kits become obsolete after ten years, necessitating their replacement to ensure the integrity and efficiency of the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>The commission has faced challenges in continuous voter registration since 2022 due to budget constraints and the absence of appointed commissioners.<\/p>\n<p>According to the electoral body, Kenya\u2019s 2022 general elections involved 22,120,258 voters and were among the most expensive globally, costing approximately Sh44.6 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The IEBC emphasizes the importance of timely and adequate funding to facilitate comprehensive preparedness for the upcoming elections, including technological upgrades, voter education, and the execution of pending electoral activities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 25 \u2013 The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)has projected that it needs a Sh61.7 billion budget for the 2027 General Election. Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Obadiah Keitany during a presentation to Parliament on Tuesday, highlighting several key financial requirements that the amount will cover. This includes a Sh7 billion allocated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}