IEBC calls for joint effort to avert 2027 election violence Electoral Commission says timely funding and coordinated institutional support would be critical News 16 min ago

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has called for closer collaboration among security agencies, political actors, communities and other stakeholders to prevent violence and protect the integrity of the 2027 General Election.

The Commission further stressed that electoral security must balance public safety with constitutional freedoms, including the rights to lawful assembly, expression and political participation.

Speaking in Mombasa with less than a year to the elections, the IEBC Chairperson Erastus Ethekon said the country was entering a critical period in which public confidence in electoral institutions, political competition and democratic participation would be tested.