Uchaguzi wa wabunge

Kiswahili

(1)Uchaguzi mkuu wa wabunge katika Bunge la Kitaifa na katika Seneti utafanyika katika Jumanne ya pili ya mwezi wa Agosti katika kila mwaka wa tano.

(2)Panapotokea nafasi katika ofisi ya mbunge katika Bunge la Kitaifa chini ya Kifungu cha 97 (1) (c), au katika Seneti chini ya Kifungu cha 98 (1) (b), (c) au (d), Spika anayehusika atatoa notisi ya nafasi hiyo kwa njia ya maandishi ndani ya siku ishirini na moja za kutokea kwa nafasi hiyo, na notisi hiyo itatolewa kwa maandishi kuhusu nafasi hiyo ya kazi kwa—

(a)Tume Huru ya Uchaguzi na Mipaka; na

(b)chama cha kisiasa ambacho kupitia kwa orodha ya chama hicho, mwanachama huyo alichaguliwa au kuteuliwa.

(3)Nafasi hiyo iliyotajwa katika ibara ya (2), kwa kuzingatia ibara ya (5), itajazwa kwa namna iliyoagizwa na Sheria ya Bunge ndani ya siku ishirini na moja baada ya Spika anayehusika kuarifu kuhusu nafasi hiyo.

(4)Panapotokea nafasi ya kazi katika ofisi ya mwanachama wa Bunge la Kitaifa aliyechaguliwa chini ya Kifungu cha 97 (1) (a) au (b), au wa Seneti aliyechaguliwa chini ya Kifungu cha 98 (1) (a)—

(a)Spika anayehusika, katika muda wa siku ishirini na moja baada ya kutokea kwa nafasi hiyo, atatoa notisi kwa njia ya maandishi kuhusu nafasi hiyo kwa kuiandikia Tume Huru ya Uchaguzi na Mipaka; na

(b)uchaguzi mdogo utafanyika katika muda wa siku tisini baada ya kutokea kwa nafasi hiyo, lakini kwa kuzingatia ibara ya (5).

(5)Nafasi iliyotajwa katika ibara ya (4) haitajazwa katika kipindi cha miezi mitatu kabla ya uchaguzi mkuu.

English

Election of members of Parliament

(1)A general election of members of Parliament shall be held on the second Tuesday in August in every fifth year.

(2)Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of a member of the National Assembly under Article 97 (1) (c), or of the Senate under Article 98 (1) (b), (c) or (d), the respective Speaker shall, within twenty-one days of the occurrence of the vacancy, give notice in writing of the vacancy to—

(a)the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission; and

(b)the political party on whose party list the member was elected or nominated.

(3)A vacancy referred to in clause (2) shall, subject to clause (5), be filled in the manner prescribed by an Act of Parliament within twenty-one days of the notification by the respective Speaker.

(4)Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of a member of the National Assembly elected under Article 97 (1) (a) or (b), or of the Senate elected under Article 98 (1) (a)—

(a)the respective Speaker shall, within twenty-one days after the occurrence of the vacancy, give notice in writing of the vacancy to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission; and

(b)a by-election shall be held within ninety days of the occurrence of the vacancy, subject to clause (5).

(5)A vacancy referred to in clause (4) shall not be filled within the three months immediately before a general election.