Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula (center) with fellow commissioners Molu Boya (left) and Prof Abdi Guliye addressing the media on June 15, 2021 at the Bomas of Kenya during the launch of the commission's 2020-2024 strategic plan.
The landmark Supreme Court judgment overturning President Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election victory made the IEBC look uglier than it probably is.
Yet restricting the scrutiny of the IEBC’s election management flaws to the presidential race grossly understates the trust problem.
The belated process to fill the four Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) vacancies entered a crucial stage with the start of interviews for 36 shortlisted candidates last week.
Live TV coverage of the interviews has afforded the recruitment a measure of transparency that will hopefully reduce suspicions about the usual monkey business by the political elite – for now.
