Procedure at presidential election

English

(1)If only one candidate for President is nominated, that candidate shall be declared elected.

(2)If two or more candidates for President are nominated, an election shall be held in each constituency.

(3)In a presidential election—

(a)all persons registered as voters for the purposes of parliamentary elections are entitled to vote;

(b)the race shall be taken by secret ballot on the day specified in Article 101 (1) at the time, in the places and in the manner prescribed under an Act of Parliament; and

(c)after counting the votes in the polling stations, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission shall tally and verify the count and declare the result.

(4)A candidate shall be declared elected as President if the candidate receives—

(a)more than half of all the votes cast in the election; and

(b)at least twenty-five per cent of the votes cast in each of more than half of the counties.

(5)If no candidate is elected, a fresh election shall be held within thirty days after the previous election and in that fresh election the only candidates shall be—

(a)the candidate, or the candidates, who received the greatest number of votes; and

(b)the candidate, or the candidates, who received the second greatest number of votes.

(6)If more than one candidate receives the greatest number of votes, clause (5) (b) shall not apply and the only candidates in the fresh election shall be those contemplated in clause (5) (a).

(7)The candidate who receives the most votes in the fresh election shall be declared elected as President.

(8)A presidential election shall be cancelled and a new election held if—

(a)no person has been nominated as a candidate before the expiry of the period set for the delivery of nominations;

(b)a candidate for election as President or Deputy President dies on or before the scheduled election date; or

(c)a candidate who would have been entitled to be declared elected as President, dies before being declared elected as President.

(9)A new presidential election under clause (8) shall be held within sixty days after the date set for the previous presidential election.

(10)Within seven days after the presidential election, the chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission shall—

(a)declare the result of the election; and

(b)deliver a written notification of the result to the Chief Justice and the incumbent President.

Kiswahili

Mchakato wa uchaguzi wa rais

(1)Ikiwa ni mgombea mmoja wa urais atakayeteuliwa, mgombeaji huyo atatangazwa kuwa amechaguliwa.

(2)Ikiwa ni wagombeaji wawili wa urais watakaoteuliwa, uchaguzi utafanyika katika kila eneobunge.

(3)Katika uchaguzi wa rais—

(a)watu wote waliosajiliwa kama wapiga kura kwa madhumuni ya uchaguzi wa wabunge wana haki ya kupiga kura;

(b)uchaguzi utakuwa kwa njia ya siri katika siku ambayo imeelezewa chini ya ibara ya 101 (1) na kwa wakati, mahali na kwa njia ambayo imeagizwa chini ya Sheria ya Bunge; na

(c)baada ya kuhesabiwa kwa kura katika vituo vya kupigia kura, Tume Huru ya Uchaguzi na Mipaka itahesabu na kuhakikisha hesabu ya kura na kutangaza matokeo.

(4)Mgombea wa urais atatangazwa kuchaguliwa kama Rais ikiwa mgombea huyo atapokea—

(a)zaidi ya nusu ya kura zote zilizopigwa katika uchaguzi huo; na

(b)angalau asilimia ishirini na tano ya kura zilizopigwa katika kila kaunti, katika zaidi ya idadi nusu ya kaunti zote.

(5)Ikiwa hakuna mgombea atakayechaguliwa, uchaguzi mwingine utafanyika upya katika kipindi cha siku thelathini baada ya uchaguzi uliopita, na katika uchaguzi huo mpya, wagombeaji watakuwa tu—

(a)mgombea au wagombea ambao walipokea kura nyingi zaidi; na

(b)mgombeaji au wagombeaji ambao walipata idadi kubwa ya pili ya idadi ya kura.

(6)ikiwa wagombea zaidi ya mmoja atapokea idadi kubwa zaidi ya kura, ibara ya (5) (b) haitatumika na wagombeaji watakaokuwa katika uchaguzi mpya watakuwa wale ambao wamebainishwa katika ibara ya (5) (a).

(7)mgombeaji atakayepokea idadi kubwa zaidi ya kura katika uchaguzi mpya ndiye atakayetangazwa kuwa Rais.

(8)uchaguzi wa urais utafutiliwa mbali na uchaguzi mwingine mpya kufanyika ikiwa—

(a)hakuna mtu ambaye ameteuliwa kama mgombea kabla ya kumalizika kwa kipindi kilichowekwa cha kuwasilisha walioteuliwa;

(b)mgombeaji wa uchaguzi wa Rais au wa Naibu wa Rais atafariki katika au kabla ya tarehe ya kufanyika kwa uchaguzi; au

(c)mgombea uchaguzi ambaye alistahili kutangazwa kuwa amechaguliwa kama Rais, atafariki kabla ya kutangazwa kuwa amechaguliwa kama Rais.

(9)Uchaguzi mpya wa urais chini ya ibara ya (8) utafanyika katika muda wa siku sitini baada ya tarehe iliyokuwa imewekwa ya uchaguzi uliopita.

(10)Katika muda wa siku saba baada uchaguzi wa urais, mwenyekiti wa Tume Huru ya Uchaguzi na Mipaka—

(a)atangaza matokeo ya uchaguzi; na

(b)atawasilisha taarifa iliyoandikwa ya matokeo ya uchaguzi kwa Jaji Mkuu na Rais aliye mamlakani.