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IEBC postpones elections in yet another county

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has suspended the repeat presidential poll in yet another county.

The IEBC announced that it had postponed polls in Turkana County until Saturday, October 28.

Fafi and Turkana Central Constituencies are set to go on with the scheduled elections.

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This adds to the 4 Nyanza counties,comprising of 27 constituencies, that the election board postponed indefinitely due to security related-challenges.

The affected constituencies in Nyanza include; Alego, Awendo, Usonga, Bondo, Ugenya,Gem, Homa Bay town, KasipulKabondo, Kasipul,Karachuonyo,Central,Kisumu, Kisumu East,Muhoroni,Kisumu West, Nyakach,Ndhiwa,Nyando, Rangwe, Rarieda,Nyatike, Seme,Suba South,Suba North, Ugunja, Uriri, Rongo, Suna East and Suna West.

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In Turkana Central, five polling stations will be open to conduct the election since the poll was affected by adverse weather conditions on October 26.

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