INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION

CALENDAR OF EVENTS CULMINATING IN THE GENERAL ELECTIONS

18TH MARCH 2012

INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION

The following are critical activities and projected timelines that lead to the General Elections. This is highly summarised schedule; No. 1. Event Gazettement of the Final Constituencies and Wards Conduct of Voter/Civic Education on Boundaries Finalisation of the elections regulations Timeline 7 March 2012 Comment

2.

May 2012 ( continuous) May 2012 30th April 2012

3.

4.

Compliance with the Political Parties Act

5.

Procurement of Voter Registration materials Mapping of registration centres

February-July 2012

6.

April- June 2012

7. 8.

Recruitment and Training of Registration Officers Commencement of Voter Registration

June-July 2012 August 2012

9.

Compilation of the Register

September 2012

10.

Inspection of the Voters Register

October 2012

11.

Certification of the of the register

November 2012

12. 13. 14. 15. 16.

Procurement of Elections Materials Submission of Party Nomination Rules to IEBC Stop of fundraising by candidates Resignation of Public Servants Recruitment, training and Deployment of Election officers

June-December 2012 July 2012 July 2012 August 2012 December 2012-Feb 2013

17. 18. 19. 20.

Deadline for independent candidates not December 2012 belonging to a political party Independent Candidates submits Symbols December 2012 for approval Submission of Party membership List October 2012 Political parties primaries December-January 2012 Submission of Political Parties Nomination List IEBC nomination and campaigns Elections Presidential runoff January 2013 ( 45 days before elections) February 2013 March 2013 April 2013

21. 22. 23. 24.

NB the Commission is working with the following statistic which may change 18 million voters Polling stations 45,000 Elections Officials 350,000 Security officers 90,000 (additional 10,000 for tallying centres) No of voters per stream 400 338 Tallying Centres ( Constituencies, county and national) Projected 47 external voting points