Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati insists that the debate on boundary review is needless.
The Commission is expected to review the boundaries in compliance with the constitution following the release of Kenya's population results.
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday received the data which will be used by Treasury for resource allocations. The country has 47.6 million people.
In an interview on Wednesday, Chebukati said the process of reviewing boundaries will take some time, adding that public participation shall be done.
“The commission has formally written to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) to get detailed census report and will give a boundary review roadmap thereafter,” commission chairman Wafula Chebukati said.
Boundaries are reviewed after 9 years according to the Constitution and they must relate to the actual population of people in a certain region.
Already, a section of leaders have poked holes into the recent Census results, accusing KNBS of allegedly cooking figures to suit interest of certain regions.
Marakwet East MP Kangogo Bowen expressed fears that the constituency could be scrapped since it does not meet the required population threshold.
“The census result of 96,897 people in Marakwet East shows failure by the government to fight against banditry that has seen about half of the population migrate to other regions of the country,” said area MP Kangogo Bowen.
Legally, a constituency must have over 133,000 people for it to stand on her own. Those which do not reach threshold are merged with others.