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EU, observers raise alarm over slow 2027 election preparations

They say new commissioners have immediate task of building public confidence.

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by GORDON OSEN

News26 March 2025 - 04:58
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European Union Ambassador Henriette Geiger addresses a two-day Election Observer Group seminar in Nairobi on Monday /ENOS TECHE

European Union ambassador to Kenya Henriette Geiger and a network of election observers have raised the alarm at the slow-paced preparations for the 2027 elections, less than two-and-half years away.

Geiger said that while the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission that conducted the 2022 election took office late but delivered the assignment, they worked under strained time with much pressure, and that the same should not be repeated this time around.

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