President Uhuru Kenyatta is any time now expected to trigger the nomination of individuals to sit on the panel that will interview IEBC commissioners. For almost two years, the IEBC has been operating with only three commissioners out of the maximum seven. Soy MP Caleb Kositany said leaders should stop pushing for changes at IEBC after every election. The BBI task force said that political parties should have a say on who becomes commissioners, a recommendation now rejected by DP Ruto and ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi. “This cures the problem of people going to the IEBC and have entrenched positions - people who end up thinking they are IEBC and IEBC is them.

Source: The Star November 02, 2020 18:11 UTC