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ELECTORAL SYSTEM |
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| Chamber: | ||||||
| National Assembly | ||||||
| Electoral Law: | ||||||
| 21 August 1969 | ||||||
| Last amendment: 17/08/1992 | ||||||
| Constituencies: | ||||||
| 210 single-member constituencies. | ||||||
| Voting System: | ||||||
| Simple-majority vote Vacancies arising between general elections are filled through by-elections. Voting is not compulsory. |
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| Voter requirements: | ||||||
| - age: 18 years - Kenyan citizenship - residence in the country for not less than one year immediately preceding the date of elections, or for periods totalling not less than four years during the eight years before the elections - residence, business, ownership of land or residential buildings in the constituency for at least five of the 12 months preceding the elections - disqualifications: insanity, undischarged bankruptcy, lawful custody detention, election-connected offence |
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| Eligibility: | ||||||
| Qualified electors - age: 21 years - Kenyan citizenship - ability to speak and read the Swahili and English languages well enough to take an active part in the proceedings of the National Assembly - ineligibility: allegiance to a foreign State, sentence of death or imprisonment exceeding six months (except for failure to pay a fine), insanity undischarged bankrupcy |
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| Incompatibilities: | ||||||
| - government contractors - employment in the public service - members of the armed forces - local government authority - office involving responsibility in connection with the conduct of an election to the National Assembly |
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| Candidacy requirements: | ||||||
| - support of seven to 18 citizens (besides the proposer and seconder) of the same constituency - nomination by a political party - deposit of KSh. 5000 |
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