IEBC officials wait to register voters at Ebuchinga Primary School in Lurambi, Kakamega county on November 4, 2021. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), which is required to conduct elections impartially, is at the top of the list of these bodies. In a strange twist of events, the government has simultaneously banned foreign funding to the IEBC to "stem foreign interference in our elections". As a bare minimum, for this directive to meet legal muster, the government must show how foreign funding has jeopardised or might likely jeopardise IEBC's impartiality. For example, has foreign funding ever caused IEBC to campaign for or favour a particular party, candidate or ideology to the detriment of another?

Source: Standard Digital December 24, 2021 18:28 UTC