Information
is key as you make your strategic preparations and plans. Therefore, this
article is there to help you out with all the conditions that must be met by a
person who is intending to vie. Unlike in the 2013 polls, the conditions for
Member of County Assembly are slightly stringent this time round.
Read more: Nomination fee in 2017 elections per position.
The
2017 MCA elections requirements are as follows.
A
person qualifies for nomination as a member of a county assembly if the person;
a) Is
registered as a voter. The location of voter registration is not a restriction.
The Elections Act only requires you to be registered voter. Look at the case of
the Kiambu By-election whereby Mr. Waititu won the by-election in Kiambu
Constituency although he was a registered voter in Embakasi, Nairobi. So, the
first condition is that for you to vie for the MCA seat, you must be a
registered voter. Satisfies
educational/academic, moral and ethical requirements described below.
b) Satisfies educational/academic, moral and ethical requirements described below.
For
a candidate to be elected as MCA, he/she must hold a certificate or a
diploma or other post-secondary school qualification
acquired after a period of at least three months study, recognized by
the
relevant Ministry. You must have post secondary qualifications. i.e. any
academic qualification after KCSE (e.g Certificate or Diploma or
degree; even a computer certificate will do provided the above
conditions were met i.e. the 3 months requirement and the recognition of the college). A degree is not a must for MCA position.
Nominations and
Independent Candidates
An
MCA candidate can either be;
(i)
nominated by a political party; or
(ii)
an independent candidate supported by at least five
hundred (500) registered voters in the ward concerned.
Disqualification
from Participation in Elections
A
person is disqualified from being elected Member of a
County
Assembly in 2017 if the person;
(a)
Is a State officer or other public officer, other than a member
of
the county assembly;
(b) Has, at any time within the five years
immediately before the
date
of election, held office as a member
of the IEBC Commission;
(c)
Has not been a citizen of Kenya for at least the ten years immediately
preceding the date of election.
(d)
Is of unsound mind.
(e)
Is bankrupt;
(f)
Is serving a sentence of at least six months; or
(g)
Has been found to have misused or abµsed a state office or public office or to
have contravened Chapter Six of the Constitution.
Harambee
(h)
A person who directly or indirectly participates in any manner
in any public fundraising or Harambee within eight months preceding the
general election or during an election period, shall be
disqualified from contesting in the election.
Section
(h) shall not apply to a fundraising for a person who
is not contesting an election or to a fundraising for a political party.
MCA Party
Nominations
A
political party that nominates a person for MCA election election shall submit to the IEBC a party membership list of the party at
least forty five (45) days before the date of the 2017 general elections.