The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) team will not be quitting office that soon, this is according to Issack Hassan who said that they will leave office once a new line-up is formed.
The commissioners are under pressure from the opposition to leave office by December 23, “so as not to interfere with preparations for next year’s elections”.
The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) last week accused the leaving officials of ‘staging election rigging’ and involvement in ‘offering tenders’ what the opposition deemed as a strategy to see the ruling government ‘sneak back’ to power.
A select team, chaired by Siaya Senator James Orengo and his Meru counterpart Kiraitu Murungi reached an agreement that the commissioners be replaced by a leaner team.
The joint report was the basis for the Elections (Amendment) Act and the Elections Offences Act, which spell out the manner in which the polls will be managed.
Implementing some sections has become difficult. They include the requirement to have the equipment to be used in the elections bought at least eight months before the poll.