Electoral Reforms · The story

Elections Act, 2011

2 December 2011 · 2010 constitutional era

Source date
2 December 2011
Event type
Law or amendment
Reform area
Election integrity and technology

30-second brief

The essential point

Draft: an editor has not checked this summary yet. Every statement below still shows the official record it came from.

The Elections Act, 2011 brought rules for presidential, parliamentary and county elections, referenda and election disputes into one law. It was assented to in August and came into force on 2 December 2011.

Evidence: Kenya Law document header and section 1

Why it matters

It placed the conduct of Kenya’s main elections, referenda and dispute resolution within one Act of Parliament.

Evidence: Kenya Law document header and section 1

Open the key points and evidence

  1. The Act covers presidential, National Assembly, Senate, county governor and county assembly elections.

    Kenya Law document header and section 1

  2. It also provides for referenda and election dispute resolution.

    Kenya Law document header and section 1

  3. It commenced on 2 December 2011.

    Kenya Law document header and section 1
Full recordAccount and consequence

Official-source wording

What the official record says

Published in Kenya Gazette Vol. CXIII—No. 90 on 9 September 2011 Assented to on 27 August 2011 Commenced on 2 December 2011 by Elections Act Commencement AN ACT of Parliament to provide for the conduct of elections to the office of the President, the National Assembly, the Senate, county governor and county assembly; to provide for the conduct of referenda; to provide for election dispute resolution and for connected purposes

Verbatim excerpt · Kenya Law document header and section 1 · Elections Act — Kenya Law

The bigger picture

How this change connects

Solid line: an explicit official-record link. Dotted line: labelled Mzalendo analysis.

  1. 2 December 2011 Elections Act, 2011
    Context
    September 1, 2017 Presidential Election results annulled for failing to conform with the Constitution and the Elections Act.

    Presidential Election results annulled for failing to conform with the Constitution and the Elections Act.

    Official link · View official evidence

Evidence stack

Sources behind this record

  1. Elections Act — Kenya LawKenya Law document header and section 1 · Official Kenyan public authority · admitted for public claims