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President Uhuru Kenyatta declares 4 vacancies at IEBC
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President Uhuru Kenyatta, in a gazette notice dated April 14, 2021 has officially declared vacancies in the positions of four Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners. The commissioners left office during the last electioneering period.
The four former commissioners are
Former Vice Chairperson Consolata Nkatha
Former Commissioner Margaret Mwachanya
Former Commissioner Roselyn Akombe
The Notice stated in part, “IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 7A (2) of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Act. 2011. I. Uhuru Kenyatta, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces, declare vacancies in the positions of four members of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.”
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An IEBC official assists a voter during the Machakos Senatorial seat byelection in machakos county on 18th March 2021.[David Gichuru,Standard]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has declared vacant four commissioner positions at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
Following a resignation spree that began with former commissioner Roselyn Akombe’s soon after the disputed 2017 elections, IEBC has operated under the stewardship of only three commissioners; including chair Wafula Chebukati.
Recent amendments to the IEBC law require that candidates for the positions of commissioner at the body be vetted by a multi-agency panel made up of representatives from Parliament, the Law Society of Kenya and religious organisations.
Dignified and unceremonious exits of election commissioners
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March 16, 2021
LAHORE: While being at the helm of affairs, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has demanded that the Election Commission should be disbanded over its failure to conduct the recent Senate elections in a transparent manner.
The PTI has not come up with a demand such as this for the first time. After the 2013 ballot exercise, which had seen Nawaz Sharif coming into power for the third time, the loudest voice in the opposition, Imran Khan, had repeatedly accused Nawaz of rigging the polls.
In August 2015, he had announced to hold a sit-in in front of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) offices in Islamabad if its members did not tender their resignations by October 4 of the same year. “The ECP officials have no legal or moral standing left and they should immediately resign,” Imran had publicly asserted.
Dignified and unceremonious exits of election commissioners
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