On Friday evening, ICT Director James Muhati was sent on compulsory leave by the commission following accusations that he had refused to cooperate in an ongoing audit of ICT systems. The decision to oust Muhati was reached at a plenary meeting chaired by chairman Wafula Chebukati and attended by all commissioners and CEO Ezra Chiloba. Chebukati personally signed the memo sending Muhati home and appointed manager Chris Msando as the acting director. Sunday Standard has learned that some commissioners abruptly raised Muhati’s agenda at the plenary, accusing him of obstructing an ongoing audit of IEBC systems. Our position is that IEBC should do whatever it does to procure the ballots,” JP vice chairman David Murathe said.

Source: Standard Digital May 27, 2017 20:49 UTC