He argues the entire process of hiring the current IEBC staff was marred by a lot of political influence. “All IEBC staff were incompetent in conducting the 2013 elections and cannot be allowed to conduct the 2017 elections. The Justice and Legal Affairs and the Constitution Implementation and Oversight committees yesterday resolved to grill nine commissioners within two weeksA joint session of two parliamentary committees will carry out parallel investigations into allegations against IEBC commissioners. The Justice and Legal Affairs and the Constitution Implementation and Oversight committees yesterday resolved to grill nine IEBC commissioners within two weeks over integrity and incompetence allegations raised by petitioner Barasa Nyukuri. (+) officers to go home earlyLast month, MPs hinted that IEBC chairman Issack Hassan is among nine commissioners who will leave office before the expiry of their terms in 2017.

Source: The Star June 29, 2016 01:51 UTC