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Employ 'school model' in selecting new IEBC team

President William Ruto

Dr William Ruto after being declared President-elect by the IEBC at Bomas of Kenya. 

Photo credit: Tony Karumba | AFP

What you need to know:

  • The most important qualities of an electoral commissioner are “being professional and ethical".
  • Let whoever is hiring use the school model. If a class is electing a prefect, it will first identify an unbiased ‘referee’.
  • Vote manipulation can be curbed by an incorruptible team.


Election referee • The most important qualities in an electoral commissioner are “being professional and ethical”, remarks Michael Kinuthia. Choosing a team for the IEBC, he adds, should be easy. “Let whoever is hiring use the school model. If a class is electing a prefect, it will first identify an unbiased ‘referee’. Vote manipulation can be curbed by an incorruptible team.” His contact is [email protected].

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