IEBC -Matungu by-election to be held on March 4th next year

The Matungu Constituency by-election has been slated for March 4 next year, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has said.

IEBC Chairperson Wafula Chebukati said each political party intending to participate in the by-elections is to submit the names of the persons contesting in a party primary and the date of the party primary on or before December 21, 2020.

“The Commission shall publish, in the Gazette, the names of the persons contesting in a party primary and the date of the party primary within seven days of receipt of the names of the candidates,” he said in a gazette notice.

Chebukati further noted that candidates intending to participate in the by-elections as independent candidates shall not have been members of any political party at least three months immediately before the date of the by-election.