The Supreme Court of Kenya nullified elections of the Members of Parliament of Embakasi South and Ugenya and Wajir West Constituencies on the basis of malpractices in the elections and declared that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to conduct fresh elections. In Lelan Ward, the Member of County Assembly (MCA) passed on hence the seat became vacant. Consequently, IEBC organized by-elections in the aforementioned seats. In this regard, ELOG deployed an observer mission in which it recruited 7 Long Term Observers (LTOs) to observe the Pre-election period and 116 Short Term Observers (STOs) for the purposes of E-Day observation. Similarly, ELOG deployed 5 roving teams during the E-Day1. The objectives of pre-election observation were to deter irregularities and fraud in the electoral processes, to safeguard the integrity of the by-elections as per the constitution and to continue to provide information to the citizens on the conduct of the IEBC, Political Parties, candidates, CSOs and other stakeholders, especially during the campaign period. The LTOs were engaged for one month to observe the pre-election activities in each electoral area and weekly reports were issued and disseminated. On the other hand, the goal of STOs was to observe the quality of the Election Day processes and confirmation of the results in the stations under observation. This is in accordance with Art. 88 (2h) of the CoK in which the IEBC is mandated to facilitate the observation, monitoring, and evaluation of elections. The data gathered in the field by the observers was relayed to ELOG’s Data Center for collation and analysis so as to generate a report.
May 2019 – By Election Observation Report
