IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati directed the parties to conclude their primaries ‘within the gazetted timeliness’ meaning that the April 26 deadline still stands. Mr Chebukati further clarified that political parties shall only use their membership lists during the primaries. He said the 2013 IEBC register shall only be used as a reference point for identifying the polling stations where the voters are based. “The commission wishes to emphasize that it has not shared the 2017 IEBC register with any political party,” he went on. He asked the political parties to abide by the electoral code of conduct warning that it will impose sanctions on any aspirant who breaches it.

Source: Daily Nation April 23, 2017 13:52 UTC