Electoral Reforms · The story

Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission (IIBRC)

2008 · Democratic transition

Source date
2008
Event type
Institutional change
Reform area
Representation and boundaries

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The essential point

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After adopting the Kriegler Report, Parliament amended the Constitution in 2008 to establish an interim boundaries commission. The change created both a new institution and a legal process for reviewing and delimiting electoral boundaries.

Evidence: Supreme Court judgment, paragraph 539

Why it matters

The change connected an inquiry recommendation to a new institution and a formal process for reviewing electoral boundaries.

Evidence: Supreme Court judgment, paragraph 539

Open the key points and evidence

  1. The source links the change to adoption of the Kriegler Report.

    Supreme Court judgment, paragraph 539

  2. A 2008 constitutional amendment established the IIBRC.

    Supreme Court judgment, paragraph 539

  3. The amendment provided a legal framework for boundaries delimitation.

    Supreme Court judgment, paragraph 539
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Official-source wording

What the official record says

Following the adoption of the Kriegler Report, Parliament enacted the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Act, 2008 to establish the Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission (IIBRC) and provided a legal framework for boundaries delimitation.

Verbatim excerpt · Supreme Court judgment, paragraph 539 · Attorney General v Ndii — Supreme Court judgment

The bigger picture

How this change connects

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  1. 2008 Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission (IIBRC)
    Responded to
    September 17, 2008 Independent Review Commission (IREC)

    Following the adoption of the Kriegler Report, Parliament enacted the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Act, 2008 to establish the Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission (IIBRC) and provided a legal framework for boundaries delimitation.

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Evidence stack

Sources behind this record

  1. Attorney General v Ndii — Supreme Court judgmentSupreme Court judgment, paragraph 539 · Official Kenyan public authority · admitted for public claims