{"id":918394,"date":"2022-01-21T17:08:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T17:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/21\/iebc-sends-warning-shot-to-political-parties-candidates\/"},"modified":"2022-01-21T17:08:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T17:08:26","slug":"iebc-sends-warning-shot-to-political-parties-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/21\/iebc-sends-warning-shot-to-political-parties-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"IEBC sends warning shot to political parties, candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"art-img row mx-md-0\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/tije4gteboh1hsx61eae73820a49.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid w-100\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"bg-light mb-3 p-3 row mx-md-0\">\n<p><strong>IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati in Naivasha, Nakuru County. <\/strong>[Kipsang Joseph, Standard]\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"card-text\">Political parties, candidates, and independent candidates contesting in the August 9 General Election risk hefty fines and penalties if they contravene the Electoral Code of Conduct.\n<\/p>\n<p>Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chair Wafula Chebukati, in a statement Friday, warned politicians to avoid using hate speech or utterances that may spur violence, failure to which, the electoral agency will institute a fine. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA party that defaults in payment of a fine may be prohibited by the Commission from participating in the 2022 General Election or future elections until the fine is paid,\u201d Chebukati said.\n<\/p>\n<p>Some of the obligations contenders are required to bind with include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Refraining from actions that may cause or involve violence and intimidation<\/li>\n<li>Refrain from campaigning in places of worship or during burials<\/li>\n<li>Avoid plagiarizing symbols, colours, or acronyms of other parties<\/li>\n<li>Discourage and prevent removal or destruction of political campaign materials of any party<\/li>\n<li>Refrain from offering any document or reward in order to influence one&#8217;s political decision and<\/li>\n<li>Refrain from abuse of position of power, privilege, or influence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chebukati said any party or candidate in violation of the above will face a formal warning or part with a fine determined by IEBC.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commission can equally file proceedings in the High Court to enforce the recovery of the fine.\u00a0 In case of failure to comply with any other sanction imposed, the Commission may cancel the right of the political party or candidate in question to participate in the next election.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>The warning shot follows after the gazettement of August 9 as the date of the General Election, with campaigns set to start on May 29 and end on August 6.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mx-auto col-12 row justify-content-between\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-12 row  p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-9 text-left\">\n<h5 class=\"politic-cat\">\n<b>Monitor water pumps remotely via your phone <\/b><br \/>\n<\/h5>\n<p>Tracking and monitoring motor vehicles is not new to Kenyans. Competition to install affordable tracking devices is fierce but essential for fleet managers who receive reports online and track vehicles from the comfort of their desk.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/politics\/article\/2001435160\/iebc-s-warning-shot-to-political-parties-candidates\">Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <a \"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati in Naivasha, Nakuru County. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Political parties, candidates, and independent candidates contesting in the August 9 General Election risk hefty fines and penalties if they contravene the Electoral Code of Conduct. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chair Wafula Chebukati, in a statement Friday, warned politicians to avoid using [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-918394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}