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The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has released a timetable for the 2017 general election.

In a circular to be sent out to all political parties and members of public, aspirants who want to defect from one party to the other have up to May 10, 2017.

The political parties have not also been left out as they too have up to May 31, 2017 to submit a list of their candidates to enable the commission print the ballot papers by June 28.

The date for the general elections remains as August 8, 2017.