{"id":24347,"date":"2021-03-17T21:15:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T21:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=24347"},"modified":"2021-03-17T21:15:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T21:15:41","slug":"wafula-chebukati-says-only-iebc-decides-placement-of-70-new-constituencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/wafula-chebukati-says-only-iebc-decides-placement-of-70-new-constituencies","title":{"rendered":"Wafula Chebukati says only IEBC decides placement of 70 new constituencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman, Wafula Chebukati, on Wednesday said promoters of the Building Bridges Initiative only discussed how to eradicate post-poll violence.<\/p>\n<p>He said the task of allocating where the additional constituencies will be is the work of the IEBC, not politicians.<\/p>\n<p>Chebukati was speaking when he appeared before the Justice and Legal Affairs Committees on the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>According to the BBI, Kenya will have\u00a070 more constituencies, which are to be located in 28 select counties.<\/p>\n<p>He said the distribution of the constituencies in the select counties is the jurisdiction of the IEBC, as outlined in Articles 84 (4c) and 89 of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Rift Valley, Nairobi, Central and Coast are the biggest beneficiaries of the new 70 constituencies in constitutional changes proposed by the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The proposal on distribution of 70 constituencies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020, proposes to\u00a0increase the number of constituencies from 290 to 360.<\/p>\n<p>The Bill indicates that the larger Rift Valley will get 23 new constituencies, Nairobi 12, Central Kenya 11 and Coast 10.<\/p>\n<p>Kiambu County will get six new constituencies, Nakuru 5, Kilifi 4 while Uasin Gishu, Narok, Kajiado, Mombasa, Kwale and Bungoma counties will get three each.<\/p>\n<p>Meru, Bomet, Kakamega, Kisumu counties are slated to get two new electoral areas while Mandera, Embu, Makueni, Kirinyaga, Murang&#8217;a, Turkana, West Pokot, Nandi, Laikipia, Siaya and Nyamira have been allocated one each.<\/p>\n<p>However, protected constituencies with little population in Tana River, Lamu, Taita Taveta, Marsabit, Isiolo, Nyandarua, Nyeri, Samburu, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Baringo, Vihiga and Busia will not be affected by the delimitation.<\/p>\n<p>The promoters of the BBI said they used population to decide the counties to get the additional constituencies, with priority given to those underrepresented in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>No existing constituency will be lost following the proposed changes.<\/p>\n<p>IEBC is mandated to review electoral areas after between eight and 12 years but any review must be completed at least 12 months before General Election of MPs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman, Wafula Chebukati, on Wednesday said promoters of the Building Bridges Initiative only discussed how to eradicate post-poll violence. 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