IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati (right) flanked by CEO Marjan Hussein (left) and commissioner Abdi Guliye at Anniversary Towers, Nairobi, on September 5, 2022.
The four dissenting electoral commissioners on Thursday braved sustained heckling at a meeting organised by Chairman Wafula Chebukati as fresh details emerged of a scheme to have them exit alongside the retiring commissioners.
Mr Chebukati and commissioners Abdi Guliye and Boya Molu are set to proceed on three-month terminal leave next month before retiring by January 18. Their exit will essentially hand over the running of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to Vice-Chairperson Juliana Cherera and commissioners Irene Masit, Francis Wanderi and Justus Nyang’aya. Saturday Nation has established the existence of a coordinated scheme by both internal and external forces to have the four out of the commission before Mr Chebukati and his team officially exit.
