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From left: Exiting IEBC Commissioners Consolata Nkatha, Margaret Wanyala and former commissioner Dr Roselyne Kwamboka at the Supreme Court, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]
The process to recruit four commissioners to the national electoral agency, 15 months to the General Election, will commence on Thursday.
This is after President Uhuru Kenyatta officially declared vacancies of four commissioners to the Independence Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), who resigned following the disputed 2017 presidential elections, which saw the Supreme Court nullify the August 8 poll results.
In a gazette notice dated April 14, the President has effectively kick-started the tedious recruitment process of replacing the commissioners. However, this exercise is preceded by the appointment of a seven-member selection panel as stipulated in the IEBC Act, 2020.