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IEBC tightens election rules with tough penalties for misconduct

When chaos erupted at the Bomas auditorium during the 2022 General Election forcing the late IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati to be whisked away by security officers. [File, Standard]

 The recently installed Independent Electoral Commissioners will conduct by-elections under a new law, which criminalises any collusion between an election official and a candidate and sets a five-year jail term or a Sh2 million fine. 

Parliament on Thursday passed the Election Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which sets out new tough measures to regulate the  conduct of elections by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to plug loopholes in the country’s election laws.

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