Section 193: Qualifications for election as member of county assembly
(1) Unless disqualified under clause (2), a person is eligible for
election as a member of a county assembly if the person—
(a) is registered as a voter; (b) satisfies any educational, moral and ethical
requirements prescribed by this Constitution or an Act
of Parliament; and
(c) is either—
(i) nominated by a political party; or
(ii) an independent candidate supported by at
least five hundred registered voters in the
ward concerned.
(2) A person is disqualified from being elected a member of a
county assembly if the person—
(a) is a State officer or other public officer, other than a
member of the county assembly;
(b) has, at any time within the five years immediately
before the date of election, held office as a member of
the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission;
(c) has not been a citizen of Kenya for at least the ten years
immediately preceding the date of election; (d) is of unsound mind;
(e) is an undischarged bankrupt;
(f) is serving a sentence of imprisonment of at least six
months; or
(g) has been found, in accordance with any law, to have
misused or abused a State office or public office or to
have contravened Chapter Six.
(3) A person is not disqualified under clause (2) unless all
possibility of appeal or review of the relevant sentence or
decision has been exhausted.
election as a member of a county assembly if the person—
(a) is registered as a voter; (b) satisfies any educational, moral and ethical
requirements prescribed by this Constitution or an Act
of Parliament; and
(c) is either—
(i) nominated by a political party; or
(ii) an independent candidate supported by at
least five hundred registered voters in the
ward concerned.
(2) A person is disqualified from being elected a member of a
county assembly if the person—
(a) is a State officer or other public officer, other than a
member of the county assembly;
(b) has, at any time within the five years immediately
before the date of election, held office as a member of
the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission;
(c) has not been a citizen of Kenya for at least the ten years
immediately preceding the date of election; (d) is of unsound mind;
(e) is an undischarged bankrupt;
(f) is serving a sentence of imprisonment of at least six
months; or
(g) has been found, in accordance with any law, to have
misused or abused a State office or public office or to
have contravened Chapter Six.
(3) A person is not disqualified under clause (2) unless all
possibility of appeal or review of the relevant sentence or
decision has been exhausted.