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IEBC announces new date for fresh presidential election

Susan Watiri

September 21, 2017 5:13 PM

It won't be held on October 17 as earlier announced.

The election date has been moved to October 26 2017 in order to ensure that the electoral commission is fully prepared to deliver an election that meets the standards set out by the Supreme Court.

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Here is the full IEBC statement:

This new announcement came after the electoral commission announced that they would communicate their recommendation after studying the detailed Supreme Court ruling.

We are studying the detailed Supreme Court ruling. We will communicate how we will implement the recommendations

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IEBC announces new date for fresh presidential election

The election date has been moved to October 26 2017 in order to ensure that the electoral commission is fully prepared to deliver an election that meets the standards set out by the Supreme Court.

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