Electoral Commission’s (IEBC) Technical Working Group (TWG) Committee on Legal Reforms in Nakuru

 

Boniface Mc Olwal, @ELGIA_Africa Programme Manager, observed that there was need for the Commission to spearhead meaningful reforms that will inform how elections will be managed going forward.

 

The workshop seeks to identify areas for amendments in the election statutes and regulations.

Director Legal Services Chrispine Owiye informed the participants that the Commission has an uphill task to identify, propose and process legal reforms to become law, which includes engaging the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament for presentation of the proposals to the House for consideration. The Commission also purposes to engage election stakeholders in this endeavour.

 

The Deputy Commission Secretary — Support Services Obadiah Keitany, while opening the workshop, reiterated the need to have timely electoral legal reforms as envisioned in the Commission’s Strategic Plan, which stipulates legal reforms to be completed at least 2 years before a GeneraDeputy Commission Secretary — Support Services Obadiah Keitany, while opening the workshop, reiterated the need to have timely electoral legal reforms as envisioned in the Commission’s Strategic Plan, which stipulates legal reforms to be completed at least 2 years before a GeneraIebc kenyal Election .