How many signatures are required to start the formal decision making stage of a direct democracy mechanism?
Kenya
Answer
- Citizens' Initiative - fixed number
- Agenda Initiative - fixed number
- Recall - proportion of the electorate
Source
Laws of Kenya, Constitution 2010 (amendments up to 2019), accessed 22 August 2022
Article 257
Kenya, IEBC, Elections Act 24 of 2011 (Revised Edition 2019), accessed 22 August 2022
Article 46
Comment
For initiatives - 1,000,000 registered voters; in the case of recall, 30% registered voters within the county or constituency.
