Ustahiki au kutostahiki katika kuchaguliwa kama mbunge

Kiswahili

(1)Isipokuwa kwa sababu za kutostahiki chini ya ibara ya (2), mtu yeyote anastahiki kuchaguliwa kama mwanachama wa Bunge la Kitaifa au Seneti ikiwa mtu huyo—

(a)amesajiliwa kama mpiga kura;

(b)anatosheleza mahitaji yoyote ya kielimu, ya kimaadili na ya uadilifu ambayo yanahitajika katika Katiba hii au katika Sheria; na

(c)ameteuliwa na chama cha kisiasa, au ni mgombeaji huru ambaye anaungwa mkono––

(i)na angalau wapiga kura elfu moja waliosajiliwa katika eneobunge, katika uchaguzi wa Bunge la Kitaifa; na

(ii)na angalau wapiga kura elfu mbili waliosajiliwa katika kaunti, katika uchaguzi wa Seneti.

(2)Mtu hastahiki kuchaguliwa kama mwanachama wa Bunge la Kitaifa au Seneti ikiwa mtu huyo—

(a)ni afisa wa Serikali au afisa wa umma, isipokuwa awe mwanachama wa Bunge la Kitaifa au Seneti;

(b)alihudumu kama afisa katika Tume Huru ya Uchaguzi na Mipakakatika kipindi cha miaka mitano iliyopita kabla ya tarehe ya uchaguzi;

(c)hajakuwa raia wa Kenya kwa angalau miaka kumi iliyopita kabla ya tarehe ya uchaguzi;

(d)ni mwakilishi wadi katika bunge la kaunti;

(e)hana akili timamu;

(f)amefilisika;

(g)anakabiliwa na hukumu ya kifungo cha miezi sita gerezani katika tarehe ya kusajiliwa kama mgombeaji, au katika tarehe ya uchaguzi; au

(h)amepatikana, kwa mujibu wa sheria yoyote, kutumia vibaya mamlaka ya ofisi ya Serikali au ya umma, au kwa njia yoyote kukiuka kanuni za Sura ya Sita.

(3)Mtu hazuiliwi kugombea chini ya ibara ya (2) isipokuwa tu pale ambapo uwezekano wote wa rufaa au kukaguliwa kwa kifungo au uamuzi husika umekwisha.

English

Qualifications and disqualifications for election as member of Parliament

(1)Unless disqualified under clause (2), a person is eligible for election as a member of Parliament if the person—

(a)is registered as a voter;

(b)satisfies any educational, moral and ethical requirements prescribed by this Constitution or by an Act of Parliament; and

(c)is nominated by a political party, or is an independent candidate who is supported—

(i)in the case of election to the National Assembly, by at least one thousand registered voters in the constituency; or

(ii)in the case of election to the Senate, by at least two thousand registered voters in the county.

(2)A person is disqualified from being elected a member of Parliament if the person—

(a)is a State officer or other public officer, other than a member of Parliament;

(b)has, at any time within the five years immediately preceding the date of election, held office as a member of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission;

(c)has not been a citizen of Kenya for at least the ten years immediately preceding the date of election;

(d)is a member of a county assembly;

(e)is of unsound mind;

(f)is an undischarged bankrupt;

(g)is subject to a sentence of imprisonment of at least six months, as at the date of registration as a candidate, or at the date of election; or

(h)is found, in accordance with any law, to have misused or abused a State office or public office or in any way to have contravened Chapter Six.

(3)A person is not disqualified under clause (2) unless all possibility of appeal or review of the relevant sentence or decision has been exhausted.