Kenya Considers Scrapping Requirement to Livestream Election Results

Author: kenyans.co.kePublished on: October 21, 2026Country: Kenya

PoliticsCrime & Law

Kenya’s National Assembly is expected to consider an amendment bill that would remove the IEBC’s legal requirement to livestream election results. The proposal was among the leading developments tracked on October 21, 2026. That day, the High Court also ordered the forfeiture of assets worth Ksh207.7 million belonging to former Trans Nzoia County accountant Andrew Biketi Musuya after he failed to satisfactorily explain his wealth.

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