7:59 am
Bomet East MP Beatrice Kones retires from active politics after a ten-year stint.
7:47 am
DAP-K candidate for Siaya senatorial seat Oscar Omondi Onyango concedes to ODM's Oburu Oginga.
7:26 am
IEBC to conduct elections today in Eldas, Wajir County after gunmen attacked the county tallying centre on Monday night.
7:11 am
Lawyer Cliff Ombeta concedes in the Bonchari parliamentary race, notes that voters had a different vision than his.
6:36 am
Kiambu gubernatorial candidate Moses Kuria bows out of elective politics, says he is ready to go back to the private sector.
Tue, 09 August 2022
11:41 pm
Outgoing Taveta MP Naomi Shabaan who served for 20 years concedes, congratulates Bwire Okano of Wiper party.
10:34 pm
Defense CS Eugene Wamalwa calls for the immediate arrest of Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa for allegedly shooting dead his opponent's aide at a polling station.
10:00 pm
Police launch a manhunt for Kimilili Member of Parliament Didmus Barasa for allegedly fatally shooting his opponent's aide.
9:10 pm
IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati says voting was extended in parts of Kakamega, Makueni, Nairobi and Mombasa due to delays witnessed during the day.
7:45 pm
IEBC CEO Hussein Marjan blames the saga involving three Venezuelans for the botched backup plan the commission had for KIEMS kits.
6:59 pm
IEBC Commissioner Francis Wanderi attributes low voter turnout to poor leadership exhibited in the past with many Kenyans choosing to keep off elections.
6:28 pm
Ex-governor Mike Sonko whisked away by police officers after a confrontation with outgoing Mombasa Governor Hassan Ali Joho.
5:49 pm
IEBC says 12 million Kenyans out of 22 million registered voters equivalent to 56.17% have so far voted.
5:32 pm
Polls close across the country, vote counting set to begin.
5:03 pm
Garissa Township MP Aden Duale addresses the media, calls on Garissa residents to maintain peace regardless of who wins the elections.
4:38 pm
IEBC says voting in diaspora is happening in 12 countries and that Australia is not among them.
3:45 pm
Police arrest Nakuru East MP David Gikaria for allegedly fighting an opponent's supporters during the ongoing General Election.
3:28 pm
IEBC Vice Chair Juliana Cherera says the commission has allowed use of manual registers for 84 polling stations in Makueni and 154 in Kakamega after failure of KIEMS kits.
2:45 pm
72 inmates vote in Kibos Maximum Prison, Kisumu County.
2:02 pm
Charity Ngilu's name appears on the Kitui gubernatorial ballot papers, despite withdrawing from the race in July 2022. Says she wrote to IEBC to expunge her name.
1:57 pm
IEBC warns voters against sharing photos of marked ballot papers, says the offence is punishable by law.
1:30 pm
IEBC says only 30.6 per cent (6.2 million) of registered voters had turned up to vote by midday Tuesday, August 9.
1:16 pm
Police rescue an IEBC clerk from a mob at Gatina Primary School, Dagoretti North after he was accused of issuing four parliamentary ballot papers to one voter.
12:57 pm
Mvita UDA parliamentary candidate, Omar Shallo, and his Tudor Ward counterpart, Samir Bhallo, arrested for allegedly interfering with the voting process at a polling station.
12:47 pm
Police in Embakasi South arrest two people allegedly transporting unsealed election materials.
12:25 pm
Defence CS, Eugene Wamalwa, urges Kenyans to maintain peace after election results are announced.
12:22 pm
Nyali parliamentary candidate, Mohammed Ali, and Kiambu gubernatorial hopeful, William Kabogo, cast their votes in Freretown ward and Kiambu County respectively.
12:03 pm
Roots Party flagbearer, George Wajackoyah, irked by the IEBC after he fails to vote. Blames the delays on Kiems kit technical hitches.
