Details of new plan to have General Election in 2021

Miriam Mwende 15:04 - 03 January 2020

Although turnout appeared low, there were people turning out to to cast their ballots in Nairobi's Mathare slum in an election where President Uhuru Kenyatta is almost guaranteed a victory due to his opponent's withdrawal

Politics of elections

Forum for Republican Democracy (Ford) political party has moved to court seeking to have the next General Election held in 2021.

Court papers filed by the party suggest that the term for all elected officials will end in 2021.

Lawyer Kamau Nyaga further argued that by August 2021, the elected officials will start their sixth year in office.

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Ford party moves to court seeking to have General Election held in 2021

"We will be going against the Constitution by insinuating that elections in Kenya will be held in August 2022 and not August 2021," the court papers read in part.