ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Elections Act
19. Initiation of County assembly elections.
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
19. Initiation of County assembly elections.
(1)Whenever a county assembly election is to be held, the Commission shall publish a notice of the holding of the election in the Gazette and in the electronic and print media of national circulation—(a)in the case of a general election, at least sixty days before the date of general election; or(b)in any other case, upon the office of a member of a county assembly becoming vacant.(2)The notice referred to under subsection (1) shall be in the prescribed form and shall specify—(a)the day upon which political parties shall submit a party list in accordance with Article 90 of the Constitution;(b)the day for the nomination of candidates for county elections; and(c)the day or days on which the poll shall be taken for the county election, which shall not be less than twenty-one days after the day specified for the nomination under paragraph (b).(3)Whenever a vacancy occurs in a county assembly, the speaker of the county assembly shall within twenty-one days after the occurrence of the vacancy issue a notice to the Commission in the prescribed form.(4)The Commission shall within twenty-one days of receipt of the notice issued under subsection (3), transmit the notice to the relevant returning officer.