This archive report was first published on 19 August 2019.
On August 19, 2019, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) announced that November 7, 2019, would be the date for the Kibra parliamentary by-election, as gazetted in Gazette Notice No. 7378.
The by-election was necessitated by the death of former Member of Parliament Ken Okoth, who passed away on July 26, 2019, after a long battle with cancer.
According to the IEBC, each political party intending to participate in the by-election had until August 26, 2019, to submit the names of candidates set to take part in the nominations.
The nomination exercise was scheduled to take place on September 9 and 10, with the Jubilee and Wiper parties indicating that they would not field a candidate but would support the ODM candidate for the seat.
More than 20 aspirants from the ODM party had expressed interest in the seat, with the party planning to meet and pick its preferred candidate.
The campaign period was set to commence on September 9, 2019, and end on November 4, 2019, 48 hours before the by-election day.
