The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is carrying out a Post Election Evaluation exercise which involves engaging all the stakeholders countrywide.
Chairman Wafula Chebukati paid a courtesy call to Taita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja at his Wundanyi office on Saturday where Samboja pledged to work with the agency in making the exercise a success.
During the August 8, 2017 general elections, IEBC declared Samboja who vied through NASA coalition's WDM-K, the victor.
This even as Chebukati reiterated that the commission will not increase the number of constituencies during the boundaries review process that is set to start soon.
He said they do not have powers to do so unless Parliament amends the Constitution to alter the number of constituencies across the 47 counties from the current 290.
However, IEBC can change their (constituencies) sizes according to the law.Chebukati has prepared a summary of the boundaries review which shows the Commission would increase or decrease the number of wards from the current 1,450 to a number that will be determined by the population size.
“The commission is at liberty to review the boundaries and names of constituencies. It is apparent however that the review does not mean increasing the number of constituencies unless the Constitution is changed,” the IEBC said.
The review should be done at intervals of not less than 8 years and not more than 12 years.
The review should, however, be completed at least 12 months before a general election of MPs in 2022.