What are the requirements or qualifications for one to qualify as a candidate in the elections to the county assembly Kenya?

      

What are the requirements or qualifications for one to qualify as a candidate in the elections to the county assembly Kenya?

  

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John
a) The person must be a registered as a voter in his/her county.
b) The person must have been a Kenyan citizen for atleast ten years before the elections.
c) The person must be able to read and write in English and Kiswahili.
d) He or she must be of sound mind.
e) The person must be of unquestionable morals and ethics
f) If a public officer, he/she must relinquish his/her public work.
g) The person must be nominated by a political party
h) If he/she is an independent candidate, must be supported by at least five hundred registered
voters in the Ward concerned.
i) The person must not have been declared bankrupt.
j) The person must not have served a sentence of imprisonment of more than six months.
k) Must not have been a member of IBEC within five years before the date of election.
l) The person must not have misused or abused a State or public office.
johnmulu answered the question on May 16, 2017 at 10:57


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