Interim Independent Electoral Commission chairman Ahmed Isaack Hassan said May 14, 2010 that Kenyans will vote on the proposed Constitution in a referendum on August 4. Photo/FILE
By ANTHONY KARIUKI Posted Friday, May 14 2010 at 08:40
Kenyans will vote to approve or reject the proposed Constitution on August 4.
The announcement of the referendum date was made by the chairman of the Interim Independent Electoral Commission Ahmed Isaack Hassan Friday.
He was speaking at a media breakfast hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) at the Hotel InterContinental, Nairobi.
The move comes just a day after the IIEC published the referendum question that will ask Kenyans: “Do you approve the proposed new Constitution?”
The electoral commission is now expected to release the symbols that will be used to identify the Yes and No answers at the referendum.
The Committee of Experts is currently carrying out a month-long civic education on the proposed Constitution.
The ongoing voter registration exercise ends on May 21 with 18 constituencies registering people electronically. So far, the IIEC has netted 12.3 million voters.
The IIEC is also expected to announce the day on which the referendum is to be held, the polling time, and the campaign period by May 26.
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