Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government has made plans with international partners in the event that the result of the 2022 Kenyan general election is not accepted.

The funding and organising of Kenya's elections in August is the responsibility of the Government of Kenya. The UK commends Kenya's ongoing preparations for the elections, recognising, however, that challenges remain. In line with requests from Kenya's independent institutions, the UK is providing technical support with the aim of building on lessons learned and improving standards to help strengthen the democratic process. We are supporting the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on civic and voter education, public communications and election security. We are also working with the security sector and judiciary as key partners in election security and ensuring community cohesion, respectively. This is supporting Kenya's ability and capacity to deliver free, fair, credible, and peaceful elections.

Together with likeminded partners, we urge all parties to peacefully engage in elections and are working in concert to plan for all eventualities. The UK regularly convenes Heads of Mission in Nairobi to this end. In addition, we have established contact with all planned international Election Observer Missions. In the event that the result is not accepted we will continue to call for all parties to respect due legal process and challenge through the judiciary.