The Post Election Evaluation Report : for the August 8, 2017 general election and October 26, 2017 fresh presidential election.
The Post Election Evaluation Report : for the August 8, 2017 general election and October 26, 2017 fresh presidential election.
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1.0 BACKCROUN D.........
CHAPTER THREE....
3.0 METHODOLOCY..............
3.1 Facilitation of the Post-Election Evaluation Process.
3.2 Evaluation Design
1.1 Mandate of the lndependent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.
1.2 Legal FrameworkforConductof Elections in Kenya
1.3 IEBC Strategic Direction..
1.4 Evolution of Elections in Kenya...
1.5 Elections and Elective Positions...
1.5.1 The President..
1.5.2 The Senator
1.5.3 The County Governor.
1.5.4 Member of the National Assemb|y......................
1.5.5 County Woman Member to the National Assembly,
1.5.6 Memberof County Assemb
1.6 Rationale for the Post-Election Eva1uation................
CHAPTER TWO....,..
2.0 PREPARATION FOR THE2017 CENERAL ELECTION
2.1 lmplementation of the IEBC Strategic Plan 2O15-2O2O
2.3 Resource Mobilization.
2.3.1 Election Financing
2.3.2 Procurement of Election Materials and Equipment............
2.4 Voter lnformation and Education..
2.6 Nomination of Candidates
2.8 Candidate Registration Management System (CRMS).....
2.9 Allocation of Party List Seats..........
2.10 Preparation for the Conduct of Elections..............
2.11 The Management of Logistics and Distribution of Election Materials......
2.12 Risk Management and Mitigation....
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3.3 Tools for Data Collection.. .........26
3.4 Key Respondents and Discussants 26
3.5 Data Collection Methods... ..29
3.5.1 Review of literature............ ..............29
3.5.2 Key lnformant I nterviews (Kl l).......... ..............29
3.5.3 Focus Group Discussions (FGDs)....... .29
.30
.30
.30
3.5.4 County Cluster Forum Meetings...
3.5.5 Development Partners Round Table Meetin8.............
3.5.6 National Stakeholder Forum.
3.5.7 Political Parties and lndependent Candidates Forum....... 30
31
3l
3.6 Data Analysis.....
3.7 Triangulation........
CHAPTER FOUR...... .........33
4.0THE LECAL FRAMEWORK........... ........34
4.1 Legal lssues Touching on Registration of Voters and Gazettement of Polling
4.2 BoundaryDisputes.
.34
.34
.34
.36
4.3 lssues Relating to the Register of Voters...
4.4 Legal lssues arising from lnvestigation and Prosecution...
Stations.....
4.5 Legal
4.6 Legal
4.7 Legal
lssues Pertaining to Political Parties Regulation and Liaison
lssues on Election Campaign Finance Regulation
36
37
lssues on lnformation Communication and Technology....'.............. 39
4.8 Legal lssues Pertaining to Political Parties Liaison....... ..............4O
4.9 lssues Relating to Statutory Polling Forms........ .41
4.10 Presidential Election Petitions.
4.11 Legal lssues on Polling Stations .....41
4.12 5ummaryof Challenges and Recommendations in the Legal Framework.....42
4.1 3 Publication of Commission Decisions......
4.14 Corporate Governance............
4.14.1 Appointment and Composition of the Commission....' .52
4.14.2 The Commission Committees and their Responsibilities.................53
4.14.3 The Legislative framework.
4.14.4 lmpartiality and lndependence of Members.... ............54
4.14.5 Disclosure of Conflict of lnterests 55
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CHAPTER FIVE.........
5.0 RESOU RCE MOBI LIZATION
..56
,..57
...s8
...58
5.1 Human Resource Mobilization.
5.1.1 Recruitment of Secretariat Staff.......
5.1.2 Recruitment of Election Officials..........
5.1.3 Capacity Building for Staff and Commissioners............
5.2 Development of Election Training Content and Procedures..
5.3 Training of Election Officials.....
58
59
60
.61
5.4 Challenges Related to Procurement ...63
5.5 Challenges in Resource Mobilization........
5.6 Recommendations..
CHAPTER 5rX........... ......65
6.0 VOTER EDUCATION AND OUTREACH... ..........66
6.1 Voter Education for 2017 General Election and Fresh Presidential
Election..... 66
6.1.1 Effectiveness and Adequacy of Voter Education.. ............67
6.1.2 Challenges in Voter Education.. .....................68
6.1. 3 Recommendations... 69
6.2 Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement. ..............69
6.2.1 Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement for the 2017 General and
Fresh Presidential Elections.. 70
6.2.2Types of Development Partners Engaged. 70
6.2.3 Effectiveness of Partnerships during the 2017 Elections..
6.2.4 Partnerships for lnclusiveness in Elections....
6.2.5 Challenges in Partnerships.............
............74
............74
............75
6.2.6 Recommendations in Partnership........... 75
6.3 Election Observation......
6.3.1 Challenges in Election Observation............... .................76
6.3.2 Recommendations 77
6.4 Media and Communication... ....77
6.4.1 Enhancing Commission's Visibility.... .............77
6.4.2 Establishment and Operationalization of the National Elections and
Communications Center (NECC)........... .......77
6.4.3 Development and lmplementation of lntegrated media campaign
6.4.4 Provision of live feed from the National Tallying
6.4.5 Media Management and Media Accreditation..............
6.4.7 Establishment and Operationalization of the Media...... 80
6.4.8 Recommendations
CHAPTER 5EVEN......
7.0 RECIsTRATION OF VOTERS AND RECISTER OF VOTERS
7.1 Registration ofVoters.................
7..l.1 Planning for Registration of Voters...
7 .1.2 Training of Voter Registration
7.1.3 Mass Voter Registration (MVR) - Phase 1...
7.1.4 Mass Voter Registration Phase 11...............
7.1.5 Diaspora Voter Registration
7.1.6 Voter Registration in Prisons
7 .2 Targeted Voter Regi stration
7 .2.1 Targeted Voter Registration for Youth.........
7 .2.2 Targeted Voter Regi stration for Women....
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7.3 Production of Register of Voters for Verification...........
7.3.1 Quality assurance...............
7 .4 Verification of the Register of Voters.
7.5 Quality Assurance of the Register of Voters...
7.6 Audit on the register of voters...
7.7 Production of the Register of Voters.
7.8 Certification of the Register of Voters....
7.9 Gazette on the Register of Voters..........
7.10 Achievements......
7.1 I Cha11en9es....................
7.12 Recommendations.......
CHAPTER EICHT....
B.O NOMINATION..
8.1 Registration of Candidates for Elections......
8.3 Challenges............
8.4 Recommendations..
..99
100
r00
CHAPTER NINE.... ..........104
9.0 ELECTORAL DISPUTE RE5OLUTION..... ......I05
9.1 Arbitration of Dispute Arising from Registration of Candidates for
Election..... ........106
9.2 Arbitration of Disputes Emanating from Nomination via Party Lists........106
9.3 Arbitration of Disputes Arising From Breaches of the Electoral Code of
Conduct.... .......1O7
9.6 Challenges.... ................112
9.7 Recommendations
.102
.103
114
115
CHAPTER TEN....
10. ELECTORAL CAMPAICNS,.
10.1 Campaign Harmonization Meetings.......
10.2 Electoral Code of Conduct Monitoring and Compliance
10.4 Challenges...........
10.5 Recommendations.......................
115
.....116
.....117
.....117
C HAPTER ELEVEN ..................I 1 B
11.0 CONDUCT OF ELECTTONS.. . .....119
11.1 The 2017 General Election. ..................119
11.1.1 Pre-PollActivities. ......121
1 1.1.2 Activities during Polling....... 122
11.1.3 Activities After Polling....... .........124
11.1.4 Counting........... .......125
ll.l.4 Tallying of Results and Filling of Forms.... ....126
11.1.5 Announcement and Declaration of Election Results.......................126
.11.1.6 Transmission of Results...
11.1.7 Retrieval and Storage of Election Materials.....-.
12.2.4 Use of KIEMS in Verification of the Register of Voters..
12.2.5 Electronic Voter ldentification (EVl)
12.2.6 Result Transmission System (RTS) -............
12.3 Other ICT lnfrastructural Support Systems...........
12.3.1 Electronic Document Management System (EDMS)...........
'12.3.2 Incident Management System...
12.3.3 Short Message Service
12.3.4 Website
12.3.5 The Online Recruitment System.... "....
12.4 Supreme Court Order on Access to the RTS
I 2.5 Challenges............
12.6 Recommendations...............
......127
129
.......129
.......130
1 1.2 Tallying Centres......
11 3 The Fresh Presidential Election.....
I1.3.1 Conduct of the Fresh Presidential Election......'..
11.3.2 Opening of Polling Stations.....
11.3.3 Voting Process
11.3.4 Closing of Polling Stations and Counting Process
11.3.5 Transmission of Election Results.
11.4 The Constituency Tallying Center......'
ll.5 The National Tallying Center.......
ll.6 Challenges.....
1 1.7 Recommendations...
CHAPTER TWELVE.
I2.O U5E OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOCY IN
ELECTrON5........
12.1 Use of Technology in Elections......
12.2Types of Technologies Used in the 2017 Elections...'
I 2.2.1 Kl EMS Technology
12.2.2 Biometric Voter Registration (BVR)
12.2.3 Candidate Registration Management System (CRMS).....
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.0 MANACINC LITICATION..... .
13.1 Pre-election Litigation Phase...
13.2 Post-Election Litigation Phase.
13.2.1 Election Petitions.
13.2.2 Presidential Election Petitions............
13.2.3 First Presidential Petition.
13.2.4 Second Presidential Petition.....
13.2.5 Parliamentary and County Election Petitions....
13.2.6 Appeals from the Trial Court
13.3 Comparative Analysis of the 2013 and 2017 General E1ection...............160
13.4 Challenges.......... ..............162
13.5 Recommendations .........162
CHAPTER FOURTEEN .....163
14.0 MANACINC RISKS IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESSES AND OPERATION5.... ....164
14.1 Managing Risks during the 2017 General Election..... ............164
14.1.1 Risk Assessment for the Legal Framework......... 164
14.1.2 Risk Assessment on Results Management...... ..........165
'14.'1.3 Risk Assessment for Continuous Voter Registration ......165
14.1.4 Risk Assessment for Commission Warehouses....... 165
14.1.5 Risk Assessment on Use of Technology....... ..................166
14.1.6 Risk Assessment on Electoral Security .........166
14.1.7 Risk Assessment for Voter Education.. 166
14.1.8 Risk Assessment on Party Primaries............ .................162
14.1.9 Risk Assessment for MVR I and MVR 11... .167
14.1.10 Risk Assessment for the Fresh Presidential E|ection......................167
14.1.11Unforeseen Risks that Materialized............... ..............162
14.1.12 Challenges. ............168
14.1.13 Recommendations...... r68
14.2 lntegration of Election Risk Management Tool (ERMTool) ln IEBC's
Processes...
l4.2.l Achievements.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
I5.O ELECTION SECURITY FOR THE 2017 CENERAL ELECTIONS
l5.l Cha11enges................
15.2 Recommendations................
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
16 0 ANALYSIS OF ELECTION OBSERVER MISSIONS REPORTS .
16.1 Key Findings From Election Observer Reports...
16.1.1 Pre-Election Period.......
16.1.2 During The Election Period......
I 6.1.3 Post-Election Period.......
16.2 Summary of Recommendations
Ctlz\PIER SEVENTIEN .. ..
I7 0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDr\TtON5
I 7.1 Conc|usions.................
.....r68
170
......175
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1.0 BACKCROUN D.........
CHAPTER THREE....
3.0 METHODOLOCY..............
3.1 Facilitation of the Post-Election Evaluation Process.
3.2 Evaluation Design
1.1 Mandate of the lndependent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.
1.2 Legal FrameworkforConductof Elections in Kenya
1.3 IEBC Strategic Direction..
1.4 Evolution of Elections in Kenya...
1.5 Elections and Elective Positions...
1.5.1 The President..
1.5.2 The Senator
1.5.3 The County Governor.
1.5.4 Member of the National Assemb|y......................
1.5.5 County Woman Member to the National Assembly,
1.5.6 Memberof County Assemb
1.6 Rationale for the Post-Election Eva1uation................
CHAPTER TWO....,..
2.0 PREPARATION FOR THE2017 CENERAL ELECTION
2.1 lmplementation of the IEBC Strategic Plan 2O15-2O2O
2.3 Resource Mobilization.
2.3.1 Election Financing
2.3.2 Procurement of Election Materials and Equipment............
2.4 Voter lnformation and Education..
2.6 Nomination of Candidates
2.8 Candidate Registration Management System (CRMS).....
2.9 Allocation of Party List Seats..........
2.10 Preparation for the Conduct of Elections..............
2.11 The Management of Logistics and Distribution of Election Materials......
2.12 Risk Management and Mitigation....
1
2
2
3
5
5
6
7
7
8
B
8
9
9
..,,....25
........26
.........26
.........26
3.3 Tools for Data Collection.. .........26
3.4 Key Respondents and Discussants 26
3.5 Data Collection Methods... ..29
3.5.1 Review of literature............ ..............29
3.5.2 Key lnformant I nterviews (Kl l).......... ..............29
3.5.3 Focus Group Discussions (FGDs)....... .29
.30
.30
.30
3.5.4 County Cluster Forum Meetings...
3.5.5 Development Partners Round Table Meetin8.............
3.5.6 National Stakeholder Forum.
3.5.7 Political Parties and lndependent Candidates Forum....... 30
31
3l
3.6 Data Analysis.....
3.7 Triangulation........
CHAPTER FOUR...... .........33
4.0THE LECAL FRAMEWORK........... ........34
4.1 Legal lssues Touching on Registration of Voters and Gazettement of Polling
4.2 BoundaryDisputes.
.34
.34
.34
.36
4.3 lssues Relating to the Register of Voters...
4.4 Legal lssues arising from lnvestigation and Prosecution...
Stations.....
4.5 Legal
4.6 Legal
4.7 Legal
lssues Pertaining to Political Parties Regulation and Liaison
lssues on Election Campaign Finance Regulation
36
37
lssues on lnformation Communication and Technology....'.............. 39
4.8 Legal lssues Pertaining to Political Parties Liaison....... ..............4O
4.9 lssues Relating to Statutory Polling Forms........ .41
4.10 Presidential Election Petitions.
4.11 Legal lssues on Polling Stations .....41
4.12 5ummaryof Challenges and Recommendations in the Legal Framework.....42
4.1 3 Publication of Commission Decisions......
4.14 Corporate Governance............
4.14.1 Appointment and Composition of the Commission....' .52
4.14.2 The Commission Committees and their Responsibilities.................53
4.14.3 The Legislative framework.
4.14.4 lmpartiality and lndependence of Members.... ............54
4.14.5 Disclosure of Conflict of lnterests 55
...........-..........51
CHAPTER FIVE.........
5.0 RESOU RCE MOBI LIZATION
..56
,..57
...s8
...58
5.1 Human Resource Mobilization.
5.1.1 Recruitment of Secretariat Staff.......
5.1.2 Recruitment of Election Officials..........
5.1.3 Capacity Building for Staff and Commissioners............
5.2 Development of Election Training Content and Procedures..
5.3 Training of Election Officials.....
58
59
60
.61
5.4 Challenges Related to Procurement ...63
5.5 Challenges in Resource Mobilization........
5.6 Recommendations..
CHAPTER 5rX........... ......65
6.0 VOTER EDUCATION AND OUTREACH... ..........66
6.1 Voter Education for 2017 General Election and Fresh Presidential
Election..... 66
6.1.1 Effectiveness and Adequacy of Voter Education.. ............67
6.1.2 Challenges in Voter Education.. .....................68
6.1. 3 Recommendations... 69
6.2 Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement. ..............69
6.2.1 Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement for the 2017 General and
Fresh Presidential Elections.. 70
6.2.2Types of Development Partners Engaged. 70
6.2.3 Effectiveness of Partnerships during the 2017 Elections..
6.2.4 Partnerships for lnclusiveness in Elections....
6.2.5 Challenges in Partnerships.............
............74
............74
............75
6.2.6 Recommendations in Partnership........... 75
6.3 Election Observation......
6.3.1 Challenges in Election Observation............... .................76
6.3.2 Recommendations 77
6.4 Media and Communication... ....77
6.4.1 Enhancing Commission's Visibility.... .............77
6.4.2 Establishment and Operationalization of the National Elections and
Communications Center (NECC)........... .......77
6.4.3 Development and lmplementation of lntegrated media campaign
6.4.4 Provision of live feed from the National Tallying
6.4.5 Media Management and Media Accreditation..............
6.4.7 Establishment and Operationalization of the Media...... 80
6.4.8 Recommendations
CHAPTER 5EVEN......
7.0 RECIsTRATION OF VOTERS AND RECISTER OF VOTERS
7.1 Registration ofVoters.................
7..l.1 Planning for Registration of Voters...
7 .1.2 Training of Voter Registration
7.1.3 Mass Voter Registration (MVR) - Phase 1...
7.1.4 Mass Voter Registration Phase 11...............
7.1.5 Diaspora Voter Registration
7.1.6 Voter Registration in Prisons
7 .2 Targeted Voter Regi stration
7 .2.1 Targeted Voter Registration for Youth.........
7 .2.2 Targeted Voter Regi stration for Women....
,......75
79
79
BO
..81
.82
.83
.83
84
85
85
.86
..88
..89
..90
..90
..90
7.3 Production of Register of Voters for Verification...........
7.3.1 Quality assurance...............
7 .4 Verification of the Register of Voters.
7.5 Quality Assurance of the Register of Voters...
7.6 Audit on the register of voters...
7.7 Production of the Register of Voters.
7.8 Certification of the Register of Voters....
7.9 Gazette on the Register of Voters..........
7.10 Achievements......
7.1 I Cha11en9es....................
7.12 Recommendations.......
CHAPTER EICHT....
B.O NOMINATION..
8.1 Registration of Candidates for Elections......
8.3 Challenges............
8.4 Recommendations..
..99
100
r00
CHAPTER NINE.... ..........104
9.0 ELECTORAL DISPUTE RE5OLUTION..... ......I05
9.1 Arbitration of Dispute Arising from Registration of Candidates for
Election..... ........106
9.2 Arbitration of Disputes Emanating from Nomination via Party Lists........106
9.3 Arbitration of Disputes Arising From Breaches of the Electoral Code of
Conduct.... .......1O7
9.6 Challenges.... ................112
9.7 Recommendations
.102
.103
114
115
CHAPTER TEN....
10. ELECTORAL CAMPAICNS,.
10.1 Campaign Harmonization Meetings.......
10.2 Electoral Code of Conduct Monitoring and Compliance
10.4 Challenges...........
10.5 Recommendations.......................
115
.....116
.....117
.....117
C HAPTER ELEVEN ..................I 1 B
11.0 CONDUCT OF ELECTTONS.. . .....119
11.1 The 2017 General Election. ..................119
11.1.1 Pre-PollActivities. ......121
1 1.1.2 Activities during Polling....... 122
11.1.3 Activities After Polling....... .........124
11.1.4 Counting........... .......125
ll.l.4 Tallying of Results and Filling of Forms.... ....126
11.1.5 Announcement and Declaration of Election Results.......................126
.11.1.6 Transmission of Results...
11.1.7 Retrieval and Storage of Election Materials.....-.
12.2.4 Use of KIEMS in Verification of the Register of Voters..
12.2.5 Electronic Voter ldentification (EVl)
12.2.6 Result Transmission System (RTS) -............
12.3 Other ICT lnfrastructural Support Systems...........
12.3.1 Electronic Document Management System (EDMS)...........
'12.3.2 Incident Management System...
12.3.3 Short Message Service
12.3.4 Website
12.3.5 The Online Recruitment System.... "....
12.4 Supreme Court Order on Access to the RTS
I 2.5 Challenges............
12.6 Recommendations...............
......127
129
.......129
.......130
1 1.2 Tallying Centres......
11 3 The Fresh Presidential Election.....
I1.3.1 Conduct of the Fresh Presidential Election......'..
11.3.2 Opening of Polling Stations.....
11.3.3 Voting Process
11.3.4 Closing of Polling Stations and Counting Process
11.3.5 Transmission of Election Results.
11.4 The Constituency Tallying Center......'
ll.5 The National Tallying Center.......
ll.6 Challenges.....
1 1.7 Recommendations...
CHAPTER TWELVE.
I2.O U5E OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOCY IN
ELECTrON5........
12.1 Use of Technology in Elections......
12.2Types of Technologies Used in the 2017 Elections...'
I 2.2.1 Kl EMS Technology
12.2.2 Biometric Voter Registration (BVR)
12.2.3 Candidate Registration Management System (CRMS).....
.....130
,.....131
,.....131
.....132
132
..r 33
..133
134
......134
136
137
137
.138
.r 38
139
140
...141
...141
...........142
...........145
...........148
.148
.149
149
149
..........152
..149
...152
.0 MANACINC LITICATION..... .
13.1 Pre-election Litigation Phase...
13.2 Post-Election Litigation Phase.
13.2.1 Election Petitions.
13.2.2 Presidential Election Petitions............
13.2.3 First Presidential Petition.
13.2.4 Second Presidential Petition.....
13.2.5 Parliamentary and County Election Petitions....
13.2.6 Appeals from the Trial Court
13.3 Comparative Analysis of the 2013 and 2017 General E1ection...............160
13.4 Challenges.......... ..............162
13.5 Recommendations .........162
CHAPTER FOURTEEN .....163
14.0 MANACINC RISKS IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESSES AND OPERATION5.... ....164
14.1 Managing Risks during the 2017 General Election..... ............164
14.1.1 Risk Assessment for the Legal Framework......... 164
14.1.2 Risk Assessment on Results Management...... ..........165
'14.'1.3 Risk Assessment for Continuous Voter Registration ......165
14.1.4 Risk Assessment for Commission Warehouses....... 165
14.1.5 Risk Assessment on Use of Technology....... ..................166
14.1.6 Risk Assessment on Electoral Security .........166
14.1.7 Risk Assessment for Voter Education.. 166
14.1.8 Risk Assessment on Party Primaries............ .................162
14.1.9 Risk Assessment for MVR I and MVR 11... .167
14.1.10 Risk Assessment for the Fresh Presidential E|ection......................167
14.1.11Unforeseen Risks that Materialized............... ..............162
14.1.12 Challenges. ............168
14.1.13 Recommendations...... r68
14.2 lntegration of Election Risk Management Tool (ERMTool) ln IEBC's
Processes...
l4.2.l Achievements.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
I5.O ELECTION SECURITY FOR THE 2017 CENERAL ELECTIONS
l5.l Cha11enges................
15.2 Recommendations................
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
16 0 ANALYSIS OF ELECTION OBSERVER MISSIONS REPORTS .
16.1 Key Findings From Election Observer Reports...
16.1.1 Pre-Election Period.......
16.1.2 During The Election Period......
I 6.1.3 Post-Election Period.......
16.2 Summary of Recommendations
Ctlz\PIER SEVENTIEN .. ..
I7 0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDr\TtON5
I 7.1 Conc|usions.................
.....r68
170
......175
2019350990
Since 2002
Elections--Kenya.
Elections.
Politics and government.
Kenya--Politics and government--2002-
Kenya.
JQ3099 / .A4 K474 2018