The 2022 presidential debate will be held on July 26 and will feature a gubernatorial debate for Nairobi County, the steering secretariat announced on Monday.
The presidential debate will be preceded by the Deputy Presidential debate on July 19 and the Nairobi Gubernatorial debate at the Catholic University for Eastern Africa on July 11 from 5pm to 10pm.
“The gubernatorial debate is in recognition of the central place held by devolution in our governance and the growing need to ensure greater accountability at the county level,” the secretariat said in a statement.
The statement further announced that the gubernatorial debate will proceed in two phases.
The first phase will feature gubernatorial candidates whose popularity ratings, based on three recent opinion polls, stand below 5 percent, while the second phase will involve candidates who have polled above 5 percent in the same opinion polls.
The first gubernatorial debate will run from 6pm and end at 7:30pm while the second debate will go on air at 8pm and end at 9:30pm.”
KBC’s Serfine Achieng’ and K24’s Ayub Abdikadir will moderate the first debate and KTN’s Zubeida Koome and NTV’s Mark Maasai will moderate the second one.
Citizen TV’s Waihiga Mwaura will be the panel moderator for the two debates.
Among rules set out for the debates include that the moderators shall select the questions to be asked to the candidates.
They are also required not to discuss the questions with the candidates or their campaign teams and are not allowed to meet them before the debates kick off.
The secretariat has affirmed it's commitment to deliver an impartial, fair and objective debate
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