TY - BOOK ED - Kenya. TI - The Post Election Evaluation Report: for the August 8, 2017 general election and October 26, 2017 fresh presidential election AV - JQ3099 .A4 K474 2018 PY - 2018///] CY - Nairobi, Kenya PB - The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission KW - Elections KW - Kenya KW - fast KW - Politics and government KW - 2002- N1 - 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 ER -