Guides for Kenyan campaign teams
Practical, Kenya-specific guides on running a campaign, plus sourced references on how elections work. Useful whether or not you use VotePulse.
Where to start
- Deciding whether and where to run? Read the six elective positions for who can stand for each office, then look up your county's constituencies and wards in the county list.
- Committed and planning? Work backwards from 10 August 2027 with the campaign planning timeline, which also lists the constitutional deadlines after election day.
- Organising a team? What is campaign management software? explains the parts of a campaign system and the signs that WhatsApp groups and spreadsheets are no longer enough.
- Explaining elections to supporters? How Kenyan elections work covers the IEBC's role, who can vote, how winners are decided and how disputes are settled, cited to the Constitution.
Campaign guides
- Polling agent calculator →Free tool · Free tool: agents and supervisors needed for any ward, constituency or county, from the IEBC 2022 register.
- Polling agent guide for Kenyan elections →Polling agents · What the Elections Act and regulations say about agents, and how campaigns organise agent operations.
- Election technology in Kenya →Election technology · Official IEBC technology under the Elections Act versus the technology campaigns use.
- What is campaign management software? →Campaign technology · What it does, the modules that matter, and how needs change from an MCA race to a presidential campaign.
- Campaign planning timeline to 10 August 2027 →Campaign planning · A phase-by-phase plan from building the team to polling agents, election day and the petition window.
- How to hire a campaign manager in Kenya →Campaign team · What a campaign manager does, when to hire one, the skills that matter for a Kenyan race, interview questions and how to set them up to succeed.
- How to set up a campaign office in Kenya →Campaign operations · Choosing a location, the roles and routines an office needs, equipment, security of records and money, and how ward offices connect to campaign HQ.
- The campaign manager’s daily checklist →Campaign operations · A daily and weekly routine for campaign managers: morning review, briefing, field follow-up, money, messaging and the evening close-out.
- How to recruit and keep campaign volunteers →Volunteers · Where to find volunteers, how to register them properly, the roles to give them, and how to keep them active through a long Kenyan campaign.
- Door-to-door canvassing guide for Kenyan campaigns →Field operations · How to plan, staff and run door-to-door canvassing in a Kenyan ward: routes, scripts, what to record, safety, and how to use the results.
Kenya election reference
- How Kenyan elections work →Who runs elections, who can vote, how winners are decided and how disputes are settled.
- Kenya 2027 General Election →The date, the 1,882 seats on the ballot and the constitutional deadlines.
- The six elective positions →President to MCA: seats, roles and who can stand.
- Counties, constituencies and wards →All 47 counties with every constituency and county assembly ward.
- Election glossary →Kenyan election terms explained and linked to the law.
If you are choosing tools
Read what Kenyan campaigns should demand from campaign software, explore the VotePulse platform, or see our implementation and consultancy support. For compliance, see how VotePulse enforces CAK bulk SMS rules.