REDEEM · Restoring electoral democracy
Electoral Reforms
What was promised after the 2022 General Election, what Parliament and the IEBC have actually done about it, and how much of the electoral cycle is left.
The 2027 elections calendar
What happens next, and when
No gazetted election timetable is held here yet. The Commission publishes the timetable for a general election as a notice in the Kenya Gazette; this calendar is drawn from that notice once its bytes are retained, and it shows no date until then.
1895 to today
Kenya's whole electoral record, on one line
Every dated thing this site holds — laws enacted, Bills in Parliament, court rulings, commissions, elections — placed on the year it happened. The silences matter as much as the clusters: they are years in which Kenya's record exists and this warehouse does not yet hold it.
- Colonial constitutional order 1895–1962 0
- Independence and the one-party state 1963–1990 0
- The return of multiparty elections 1991–2001 0
- Democratic transition and constitutional reform 2002–2009 0
- Implementing the 2010 Constitution 2010–2026 73
We hold nothing yet under official document, court or tribunal ruling, commission report, gazette notice, who acted, reform commitment, public participation, election or referendum, civic mobilisation, institutional change.
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| Period | Years | Entries |
|---|---|---|
| Colonial constitutional order | 1895–1962 | 0 |
| Independence and the one-party state | 1963–1990 | 0 |
| The return of multiparty elections | 1991–2001 | 0 |
| Democratic transition and constitutional reform | 2002–2009 | 0 |
| Implementing the 2010 Constitution | 2010–2026 | 73 |
| Kind | Entries |
|---|---|
| Law enacted | 6 |
| Bill in Parliament | 66 |
| Constitutional order | 1 |
The big picture
From a promise to a law — and from a law to an election
Electoral reform is not one list of Bills. It is a chain of promises, parliamentary action and public choices. Start with the layer you need.
The clock
Where Kenya is in the electoral cycle
The reform window is finite. This strip puts Parliament's work, the two-year legal benchmark and the 2027 election on the same clock.
Why these milestones matter
Parliament's Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee has said electoral law should be enacted at least two years before a general election. That date has passed with reform Bills still unfinished. Source
The IEBC declared the winners on 1 December 2025 in Gazette Notice 17611: the Baringo senate seat, and the National Assembly seats of Magarini, Banissa, Mbeere North, Malava, Ugunja and Kasipul. The same notice declared fifteen county assembly seats, which this section does not track. Source
Set by the IEBC in its election notice of 20 August 2026, Gazette Notice 13497 clause (f): parties file their certified membership lists with the Commission 120 days before the poll. Source
Gazetted for 10 August 2027. On 7 August 2026 the High Court declared that date unconstitutional under Article 136(2)(a) but suspended its declaration, so the 2027 date stands. Source
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| Date | Milestone | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Aug 2022 | General Election | — | Official record |
| 23 Jan 2023 | IEBC (Amendment) Act assented | — | Official record |
| Nov 2023 | NADCO report adopted | — | Official record |
| 9 Jul 2024 | IEBC (Amendment) Act 2024 assented | — | Official record |
| Aug 2025 | Two-year advisory cut-off | Parliament's Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee has said electoral law should be enacted at least two years before a general election. That date has passed with reform Bills still unfinished. | Official record |
| 27 Nov 2025 | By-elections in seven parliamentary seats | The IEBC declared the winners on 1 December 2025 in Gazette Notice 17611: the Baringo senate seat, and the National Assembly seats of Magarini, Banissa, Mbeere North, Malava, Ugunja and Kasipul. The same notice declared fifteen county assembly seats, which this section does not track. | Official record |
| Sep 2026 | Today | — | — |
| 12 Apr 2027 | Certified party membership lists due | Set by the IEBC in its election notice of 20 August 2026, Gazette Notice 13497 clause (f): parties file their certified membership lists with the Commission 120 days before the poll. | Official record |
| 10 Aug 2027 | General Election | Gazetted for 10 August 2027. On 7 August 2026 the High Court declared that date unconstitutional under Article 136(2)(a) but suspended its declaration, so the 2027 date stands. | Official record |
The promises
What has happened to the commitments?
Every figure opens the promises behind it. These are counts, not a completion score: the reforms differ too much in scale to collapse into one percentage.
0 commitments tracked, 0 of them past a deadline, drawn from 0 dated entries in Parliament's own stage record. See the full roadmap.
The system
Where movement is concentrated
The same promises, grouped by the part of the electoral system they affect. The colour mix reveals movement — and where there is none.
The latest movement
What changed most recently?
The latest dated step recorded for each commitment — a sourced event, not a judgement about whether the reform is good or complete.
Skip filters and go to results- No commitment has a recorded step in this month. That is a fact about the window, not about the record — show every period.