IEBC faces crisis over delayed constituency boundary review
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The IEBC is constitutionally required to review constituency boundaries by March 2023, but is not properly constituted to do so, risking a crisis.
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The last boundary review was in 2012, creating 290 constituencies, but some may now be illegal due to population changes.
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There are calls for a constitutional amendment to extend the deadline and resolve the crisis.
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The vacant IEBC commissioner posts are delaying needed by-elections and the boundary review.
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Political negotiations and goodwill are seen as key to reconstituting the IEBC and resolving the crisis over boundaries.