As the clock ticks towards the next election, pressure is piling on the government to facilitate the constitution of a new electoral agency with opposition and civil society raising alarm of an impending constitutional crisis.
At least 27 constituencies that were protected in the last boundaries review risk being scrapped just after the formation of the electoral commission.
The constituencies are Mbeere North, Mathioya and Ndaragwa. Others are Budalang’i’, Vihiga, Othaya, Kangema, Marakwet East, Keiyo North, Tetu,Voi, Wundanyi, Mwatate, Galole, Bura, Isiolo South, Samburu East, Laisamis, North Horr, Saku, Kilome, Mukurweini, Mogotio, Lamu East, Lamu West and Mvita.