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GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 7724 GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 7725

10th June, 2025 · 2010 constitutional era

Source date
10th June, 2025
Event type
Institutional change
Reform area
Institutions and checks

30-second brief

The essential point

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Gazette Notices 7724 and 7725 appointed Erastus Ethekon as IEBC chairperson and six other people as commissioners on 10 June 2025. Both notices state that the appointments would last for six years.

Evidence: Special Issue, Gazette Notices 7724 and 7725, page 1

Why it matters

The Gazette is the official record of the appointments made under these two notice numbers.

Evidence: Special Issue, Gazette Notices 7724 and 7725, page 1

Open the key points and evidence

  1. Both notices are dated 10 June 2025.

    Special Issue, Gazette Notices 7724 and 7725, page 1

  2. Notice 7724 appoints the chairperson and Notice 7725 appoints six members.

    Special Issue, Gazette Notices 7724 and 7725, page 1

  3. Each notice states a term of six years.

    Special Issue, Gazette Notices 7724 and 7725, page 1
Full recordAccount and consequence

Official-source wording

What the official record says

SPECIAL ISSUE THE KENYA GAZETTE Published by Authority of the Republic of Kenya (Registered as a Newspaper at the G.P.O.) Vol. CXXVII—No. 122 NAIROBI, 10th June, 2025 Price Sh. 60 GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 7724 GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 7725 THE CONSTITUTION OF KENYA THE CONSTITUTION OF KENYA THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL AND BOUNDARIES THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION ACT COMMISSION ACT (Cap. 7C) (Cap. 7C) APPOINTMENT APPOINTMENT IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by Article 250 (2) as read IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by Article 250 (2) as read with section 5 (2) of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries with section 5 (2) of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Act and Paragraph 4 of the First Schedule to the Act, I, Commission Act and Paragraph 4 of the First Schedule to the Act, I, William Samoei Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya and William Samoei Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces appoint— Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces appoint— ERASTUS EDUNG ETHEKON Ann Njeri Nderitu, Moses Alutalala Mukhwana, to be the Chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Mary Karen Sorobit, Commission, for a period of six (6) years. Hassan Noor Hassan, Dated the 10th June, 2025. Francis Odhiambo Aduol, Fahima Araphat Abdallah, WILLIAM SAMOEI RUTO, President. to be members of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, for a period of six (6) years. Dated the 10th June, 2025. WILLIAM SAMOEI RUTO, President. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER, NAIROBI [3137

Verbatim excerpt · Special Issue, Gazette Notices 7724 and 7725, page 1 · Kenya Gazette — IEBC appointment notices 7724 and 7725

Connections

People, institutions and law

  • William Samoei Ruto · President; made the appointments — I, William Samoei Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya
  • Erastus Edung Ethekon · Appointed IEBC Chairperson (Gazette Notice 7724) — Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces appoint— ERASTUS EDUNG ETHEKON

The bigger picture

How this change connects

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  1. 10th June, 2025 GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 7724 GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 7725
    Quashed by
    10 TH DAY OF JULY, 2025 quash the appointment of the 1 st to 7 th interested parties

    we hereby quash the appointment of the 1 st to 7 th interested parties vide Gazette Notices Nos. 7724 and 7725

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Evidence stack

Sources behind this record

  1. Kenya Gazette — IEBC appointment notices 7724 and 7725Special Issue, Gazette Notices 7724 and 7725, page 1 · Official Kenyan public authority · admitted for public claims