IEBC Gazettes Names of Returning Officers Ahead of August Polls

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The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has listed the names of all Returning Officers who will be in charge of the 9th August General Election.

The gazette notice dated April 28 indicated that IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati will be the Returning Officer for the Presidential Election on 9th August.

IEBC has named the Constituency Returning Officers and Deputy Constituency Returning Officers in the notice.

Returning Officer for Kenyan citizens residing outside the Country will be Abdidahir Maalim and the Deputy Returning Officer is William Tumaini Kahindi.

“The appointments are for the purpose of the August 9, 2022, General Election exercise,” the gazette notice read.

“The Constituency Returning and Deputy Returning Officers shall also be Registration and Registration Assistants for purposes of the verification of the register of voters exercise scheduled to be conducted from May 4, 2022, to June 2, 2022.”

The roles of ​Returning officers include announcing election results in a designated electoral unit and declaring the winner in a given electoral unit.

The Returning officer is also charged with determining disputed votes and is mandated with signing and issuing an official certificate to the winner.

He/she is also in charge of the recruitment, training, and deployment of election officials.

Here is the full Gazette Notice:

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