Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has questioned a proposal by a coalition led by former Chief Justice David Maraga to abolish the national presidential tallying centre ahead of the 2027 General Election.

Duale raised concerns about how presidential results from thousands of polling stations would be brought together if there were no national tallying centre. He made the remarks on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, in response to the coalition’s proposed electoral reforms.

The Maraga-led People’s Coalition on Electoral Reforms wants the use of Bomas of Kenya, or any other facility, as a national tallying centre to be scrapped.

The coalition argues that the Constitution does not give the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) a mandate to retally, reverify or change presidential results already declared at polling stations and constituency level.

Instead, the coalition has proposed a decentralised system in which presidential results would be managed at constituency level, with the IEBC chairperson declaring the final presidential outcome based on constituency returns.

Maraga has referred to Articles 86 and 138 of the Constitution and the Supreme Court’s Maina Kiai decision in support of the proposed changes. The coalition says results declared at polling stations should remain final.

Duale, however, questioned how results from polling stations across the country would be aggregated under the proposed system. His comments have added to an ongoing debate over how presidential election results should be collected, verified and declared.

The coalition has proposed several other electoral reforms ahead of the 2027 election. These include an independent audit of the voter register and biometric data, early testing of election technology and greater scrutiny of ballot-paper printing.

The disagreement comes as political leaders and electoral reform groups continue debating changes they say could improve the management and credibility of Kenya’s next presidential election.