IEBC unveils strategic and election operations plans ahead of 2027 polls
By Emmanuel Rono, June 24, 2026The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has launched its Strategic Plan 2024–2029 and the Election Operations Plan 2025–2027, setting out its roadmap for strengthening electoral management and preparing for the 2027 elections.
Speaking during the launch on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, IEBC Commissioner Francis Aduol explained that while the strategic plan covers the period beginning in 2024, its unveiling was delayed to allow the current commissioners to review and contribute to the document after assuming office.
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“You will notice we are presenting this in 2026, yet the strategic plan itself is for 2024–2029. Strictly speaking, we should have presented this before 2024 started,” Aduol said.
New commissioners’ input
He noted that the current commissioners joined the commission about 11 months ago, by which time a significant portion of the plan had already been developed.
“When we got in, the strategic plan was already being developed, and a big part of it was already completed. But we thought, as commissioners, that we needed to interact with it a little bit more intensively as new commissioners, so that we could bring in our thinking on where we would like to take the commission,” he said.
According to Aduol, the final document incorporates contributions from both the previous planning process and the current commission, as well as input from IEBC staff and stakeholders consulted during its development.
“What is being presented today has received input from before the time we arrived at the commission and from the time we have been at the commission. Therefore, all of us as commissioners and staff of IEBC, and stakeholders with whom we have consulted, agree that this is the strategic plan that we should present to the people of Kenya,” he added.