{"id":15609,"date":"2024-07-09T09:13:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T09:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15609"},"modified":"2024-07-09T09:13:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T09:13:26","slug":"president-ruto-signs-landmark-iebc-amendment-bill-into-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15609","title":{"rendered":"President Ruto Signs Landmark IEBC Amendment Bill into Law."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/qt4pAMuZ0wmLHf7k5FOz2KWPppZB8JWkwmGIPP8G.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/qt4pAMuZ0wmLHf7k5FOz2KWPppZB8JWkwmGIPP8G.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/qt4pAMuZ0wmLHf7k5FOz2KWPppZB8JWkwmGIPP8G-480x300.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>President William Ruto has officially signed the IEBC (Amendment) Bill into law at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi. This historic legislation is the first to be based on recommendations from the National Dialogue and Consultation Committee (NADCO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill, aimed at reforming the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), marks a significant step towards electoral reform in Kenya. The amendments are expected to enhance the transparency and efficiency of the electoral process, addressing longstanding issues within the commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ruto commended the efforts of NADCO in shaping the bill, highlighting the collaborative approach taken to ensure the reforms meet the needs of the Kenyan people. The signing ceremony at KICC was attended by key government officials, NADCO members, and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The passage of this bill is seen as a major achievement for the Ruto administration and a crucial move towards strengthening Kenya&#8217;s democratic processes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President William Ruto has officially signed the IEBC (Amendment) Bill into law at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi. This historic legislation is the first to be based on recommendations from the National Dialogue and Consultation Committee (NADCO). The bill, aimed at reforming the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), marks a significant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news","category-political-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/qt4pAMuZ0wmLHf7k5FOz2KWPppZB8JWkwmGIPP8G.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15611,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15609\/revisions\/15611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}