Presidential debate to be held on July 26All the debates will be held at the Catholic University for Eastern Africa (CUEA).

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Presidential debate to be held on July 26
All the debates will be held at the Catholic University for Eastern Africa (CUEA).

The secretariat said the deputy presidential debate will be held on Tuesday, July 19.

•The secretariat has also organized the Nairobi governor candidates' debates which will be held on Monday, July 11. 2022
The 2022 presidential debate wil be held on July 26, Head of Presidential Debates Secretariat Clifford Machoka has said.

In a statement on Monday, the secretariat also said the deputy presidential debate will be held on Tuesday, July 19.2022
The secretariat has also organized the Nairobi governor candidates' debates which will be held on Monday, July 11.
All the debates will be held at the Catholic University for Eastern Africa (CUEA) main campus situated in Karen, Nairobi, from 5:00 pm to 10:00pm.

Machoka said the Nairobi Gubernatorial Debate will proceed in two tiers, with the first featuring gubernatorial candidates whose popularity ratings, based on three recent opinion polls, stand below five per cent.

"The second tier will involve candidates who have polled above five per cent 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," he added.

He named the moderator as Serfine Achieng’ Ouma of KBC and Ayub Abdikadir of K24, for the first tier, and Zubeida Koome of KTN News and Mark Masai of NTV for the second tier.

The Debates Chair added that the panel discussions for both debates will be moderated by Waihiga Mwaura of Citizen TV.

He assured that the moderator choice was based on rigorous criteria that endear the principles of impartiality, fairness and objectivity.

Machoka added that the selected have a strong understanding of the Kenyan political landscape and the major issues of the election, particularly in Nairobi County.


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