Nairobi Governor’s By-Election Set For 18-Feb 2021

Nairobi by-election to be held on February 18- IEBC

Nairobi residents will head to the polls on February 18, 2021, to elect another governor following the impeachment of Mike Sonko.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission chairman, Wafula Chebukati, made the announcement in a gazette notice on Tuesday.

The polls agency chief urged aspiring candidates to quit state jobs while political parties intending to participate in the by-election to submit the names of the persons contesting in a party primary by Monday, December 28.

“Political parties intending to present candidates in this election shall, after its primaries, resolve all intra-party disputes and submit the list of persons nominated to the commission on or before January 11th, 2021,” IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati states in a Gazette Notice dated December 22.

IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati . Photo Courtesy

Last week the Senate overwhelmingly voted to impeach Sonko — the vote was won at 27-16 for each of the four charges leveled against him.

Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Benson Mutura was sworn in to take over for 60 days, pending the election of the new city boss.

Candidates who intend to vie for the seat on an independent ticket must have not been members of a political party 3 months to the by-election.

For public officers keen on the seat, the law requires that they resign from office within seven days of the declaration of the vacancy.

Several politicians and businessmen have already expressed interest in the seat among them former MPs Dennis Waweru (Dagoreti South), Peter Kenneth (Gatanga), Margaret Wanjiru (Starehe) as well as businesswoman Agnes Kagure.