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Article 15: Nomination of Party List Members

15.1.1 Criteria of election of members for National Assembly, Senate and County assemblies for Party
list seats specified under Article 97(1) (c and 98(1)(b) (c) and (d) and article 177 (1) (b) and (c)
of the National Constitution shall be on the basis of proportional representation and in accordance
with article 90 of the constitution;

15.1.2 The Party Nomination list shall conform to the two-third gender rule in its existence and
submission to the IEBC

15.1.3 All nominated candidates on the party list shall sign the Political party contribution form 10 PPC
5 and PPC 7 with respect to the positions they are nominated for.

15.1.4 KANU shall submit its party list to the IEBC upon the National Chairperson or National
Executive Committee checking and endorsing the same;

15.1.5 The party list shall contain alternatives between male and female candidates and shall include
person with disability, the youth and any other candidate representing a marginalized group;

15.1.6 Only persons with demonstrable active contribution to the party shall qualify to be in the party
list.

Article 16: Appeal and Dispute Resolution

1. The National Chairperson shall, at the commencement of the process of
nomination, establish a National Appeals and Dispute Resolution Panel which
shall finally determine all and any matters and disputes between party members
and/or party members pertaining nominations;

2. The National appeals and Dispute’s resolution panel shall be appointed on ad hoc
basis to deal with appeals and// or disputes arising from the nomination process in
a particular election and shall stand dissolved upon conclusion of the nomination
process;

3. The Appeals and Dispute Resolution Panel shall have a chairperson who shall be
a person of high personal and moral integrity and who and whose immediate
relatives shall not be a contestant or contestants on the nomination;

4. The Appeals and Dispute Resolution Panel shall have four (4) other members at
least one of whom shall be a lawyer of not less than five years standing. Two of
neither the panel members shall be of either gender and shall be persons of high
moral and personal integrity and shall have experience in public affairs and shall
not nor their immediate relatives be contestants in the nomination;

5. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Election Board, may after the
declaration of the winner lodge an appeal/or complaint within 72 hours, in writing
setting grounds and attaching evidence in support of the appeal/complaint.

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