Several constituencies in the larger coastal region risk being scrapped by 2022.
The Kenya Bureau of Statistics (KBS) is expected to conduct a nationwide census in 2019 that will give the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) a leeway to conduct boundaries review a year before the 2022 general election.
The boundaries review will be the second review after the 2010 review which was led by the Andrew Ligale, and may largely affect the coast region.
IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati while appearing before the National Assembly’s Justice and Legal Affairs Committee which is chaired by Baringo North MP William Cheptumo, said the review would go on as planned.
"The Constitution caps the number of constituencies at 290, but the IEBC can review to either alter the name or boundaries of the existing constituencies," said Chebukati.
"The quota is arrived at after dividing the total population with the 290 constituencies," he added.
In the 2010 review, the population threshold was set at 133,000 people, a figure that may likely go up given the expected increased population.
In coast, Lamu East, Lamu West, Mvita, Mwatate, Wundanyi, Voi, Bura, and Galole constituencies risk being scrapped.
Coastal MPs led by Galole MP (Tana River County) Said Buya Hiribae and his Mvita counterpart Abdulswamad Nassir have since opposed scrapping of the constituencies.