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Election Offences Act

11. Use of force or violence during election period.

Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force

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11. Use of force or violence during election period.

A person who, directly or indirectly in person or by any other person on his behalf, inflicts or threatens to inflict injury, damage, harm or loss on or against a person—
(a)so as to induce or compel that person to support a particular candidate or political party;
(b)on account of such person having voted or refrained from voting; or
(c)in order to induce or compel that person to vote in a particular way or refrain from voting,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two million shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six years or to both.
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Source: Kenya Law