In a Gazette notice on Wednesday, IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati said Garissa's senatorial by-election, as well as Bonchari and Juja constituencies, will be carried out on May 18. Chebukati said that each party intending to participate in the by-elections will have to submit the names of the aspirants contesting in the party primary and issue the dates for the primary on or before March 8. Also, the political parties have until March 22 to submit the names of the candidates for by-elections in the four areas to the commission. In the same month of February, Juja residents in Kiambu County lost their legislator Francis Munyua Waititu, popularly known as Wakapee. Juja MP was laid to rest on Tuesday, March 2 in his home, a burial that was attended by President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Source: The Star March 03, 2021 13:30 UTC