{"id":120731,"date":"2025-09-02T06:07:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/iebc-sets-out-candidate-rules-ahead-of-nov-27-by-elections\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T06:07:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:07:34","slug":"iebc-sets-out-candidate-rules-ahead-of-nov-27-by-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/iebc-sets-out-candidate-rules-ahead-of-nov-27-by-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"IEBC Sets Out Candidate Rules Ahead of Nov 27 By-Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep <\/strong>2 \u2013 The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has outlined the requirements and qualifications for candidates in the November 27, 2025 by-elections, covering 24 seats across the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The electoral body said aspirants must meet citizenship requirements, pay nomination fees, and in the case of independent candidates, submit lists of supporters with copies of identity cards.<\/p>\n

\u201cCandidates must be Kenyan citizens by birth and have been citizens for at least 10 years before the election,\u201d IEBC said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose holding dual citizenship will be required to renounce it before taking the oath of office.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the guidelines, nomination fees will vary depending on the seat and candidate category.<\/p>\n

Women, youth, and persons with disabilities will pay Sh10,000 when seeking County Assembly seats, while others will pay Sh20,000.<\/p>\n

For parliamentary aspirants, the fee is Sh2,500 for the marginalized groups and Sh5,000 for others. Candidates eyeing the Senate will pay Sh25,000 and Sh50,000, respectively.<\/p>\n

Independent candidates will be required to marshal significant grassroots backing.<\/p>\n

Those seeking National Assembly seats must provide a list of at least 1000 supporters, while MCA aspirants will need 500.<\/p>\n

Senate hopefuls must present 2,000 supporters.<\/p>\n

The electoral body also noted that independent candidates must not have belonged to a political party within three months preceding the by-election.<\/p>\n

All candidates will also be required to submit a self-declaration form from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).<\/p>\n

The first batch of vacant seats, gazetted on August 8, covers 16 ward positions including Kariobangi North (Nairobi), Kisa East (Kakamega), and Metkei (Elgeyo Marakwet).<\/p>\n

The second batch, set for gazettement on August 11, includes the Baringo Senate seat, six National Assembly constituencies: Banissa, Kasipul, Magarini, Malava, Mbeere North, and Ugunja, as well as the Kabuchai\/Chwele Ward in Bungoma County.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 2 \u2013 The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has outlined the requirements and qualifications for candidates in the November 27, 2025 by-elections, covering 24 seats across the country. The electoral body said aspirants must meet citizenship requirements, pay nomination fees, and in the case of independent candidates, submit lists of supporters […]<\/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-120731","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\/120731","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=120731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}