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The commission organised the general election on 4 March 2013. The presidential election was petitioned at the Supreme Court of Kenya. [clarification needed] [18] The IEBC's handling of the Kenyan general election, 2017, has drawn scrutiny. The Supreme Court of Kenya invalidated the first Presidential election results due to voting ...
The main petitioner Raila Odinga in a press conference shortly after the election results were announced on 9 March, noted that the election had been marred by massive and significant alleged failures of the biometric voter registration (BVR) kits, [3] the electronic voter identification system generated by these kits, [4] the results transmission or 'tallying' system [5] and the results ...
Voter registration was carried out using Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) Kits which would reduce certain incidents of fraud. [15] The purchase of the BVR Kits was financed through a loan from Standard Chartered Kenya in a government-to-government deal involving Kenya and Canada made cheaper by a guarantee from the Canadian government.
Local elections were held in Kenya on 4 March 2013 as part of the general elections. [1] Voters elected governors and members of County Assemblies of the 47 counties created by the 2010 constitution .
Elections in Kenya take place within the framework of a multi-party democracy and a presidential system. The President , Senate and National Assembly are directly elected by voters, with elections organised by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. As of the 2013 March general election, the Constitution of Kenya has two requirements for any candidate to be declared winner: to win at least 25% of the vote in a majority of Kenya's forty-seven counties [3] to garner 50% + 1 vote of the total valid votes.
A Machakos County Assembly is composed of both elected and nominated Members. The process for the election and nomination, including how the stakeholders participate are set out in the 2010 Constitution of Kenya and statutes – County Governments Act, 2012, Political Parties Act, 2010 and Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Act, 2011.
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