It will however take some time before the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2017, takes effect. Article 116 (1) states that after he appends his signature to a bill, the draft law should be published in the Kenya Gazette as an Act of Parliament within seven days. After the seven days, it would come into force after 14 days. LAWThat would be outside the seven days within which the IEBC should declare the result of the presidential election and the 14 days within which a petition challenging the result can be filed at the Supreme Court. “A bill, after the President signs it, does not become law until it is gazetted,” he said.

Source: Daily Nation October 27, 2017 22:41 UTC