05/07/2022
Statement on The 2022 Elections Debate Series
For the last one year, the Media Owners Association, the Media Council of Kenya and the Kenya Editors’ Guildin partnership with other key stakeholders, have been preparing for the Election Debates, which have become a tradition in our election cycles since 2013.
We are delighted to confirm to the country that those preparations are now in their final leg and today, we are announcing key details about the debates which will all take place this month, July 2022.
In addition to the traditional presidential and deputy presidential debates, we wish to inform the public, that this year we will also have a Gubernatorial Debate for the County of Nairobi.
This is in recognition of the central place held by devolution in our governance and the growing need to ensure greater accountability at the county level.
We are encouraged by the overwhelming interest shown by members of the public, so far, in the debates initiative. We are gratified that Kenyans have embraced the debates as a key avenue for catalysing issue-based elections and facilitating informed electoral choices.
To this end, we are delighted to announce that the dates of the debates series:
- Nairobi Gubernatorial Debate – Monday, July 11th, 2022.
- Deputy Presidential Debate – Tuesday, July 19th, 2022.
- Presidential Debate – Tuesday, July 26th, 2022.
All the debates will be held at the Catholic University for Eastern Africa (CUEA) main campus situated in Karen, Nairobi, from 5:00pm to 10:00pm.
In line with the now established tradition, the Nairobi Gubernatorial Debate will proceed in two tiers.
The first tier will feature gubernatorial candidates whose popularity ratings, based on three recent opinion polls, stand below 5%, while the second tier will involve candidates who have polled above 5% in the same opinion surveys.
The first debate will run from 6:00pm and end at 7.30pm while the second debate will go on air at 8:00pm and end at 9.30pm.
