By COLLINS OMULOMore by this AuthorPublic servants seeking to contest in the August elections have been given up to February 7 to resign from their jobs or forfeit their candidature. In a notice published in local dailies on Thursday, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) stated that public officers seeking to contest an election must resign at least six months before the date of the election. The law, however, does not require the President, the Deputy President, MPs, governors, deputy governors and members of county assemblies to resign from their jobs prior to elections. The notice also warned the civil servants and state officers against using public resources to campaign for any candidate or party. The IEBC also warned civil servants that they are not allowed to use public resources to initiate development projects in any constituency or county to support a candidate or political party.

Source: Daily Nation January 12, 2017 07:33 UTC