The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has responded to criticism over the scheduled date for upcoming by-elections, maintaining that the decision to hold them on November 27 does not violate the law.
This clarification follows concerns raised by Nairobi Senator and ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna, who argued that the Commission had acted against the Constitution in setting the dates.
In a statement on Sunday, August 10, Sifuna claimed that recent IEBC decisions, including the timeline for the by-elections, were alarming and potentially unconstitutional. "Two back-to-back manifestly flawed decisions by the new IEBC are enough cause for alarm," Sifuna stated.
ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna addressing the press, accompanied by senior leadership of the party, on July 29, 2025.
