The much-maligned IEBC is largely unchanged from 2022 though Wafula Chebukati its chair who declared Ruto the winner stood down a year ago (AC Vol 63 No 17 Election chief proclaims Ruto victory but most of his commissioners dispute it)...
Top of its agenda will be the reconstruction of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission and the auditing of the 2022 August general election which saw Ruto narrowly elected ahead of Odinga despite a group of IEBC commissioners breaking ranks and accusing the then chairman Wafula Chebukati of electoral fraud (AC Vol 63 No 17 Election chief proclaims Ruto victory but most of his commissioners dispute it & Vol 64 No 3 Electoral Commission goes on trial again)...
Cronyism is nothing new in Kenyan politics and the latest move to raise eyebrows was President William Ruto's decision this week to nominate Mary Chebukati Wanyonyi wife of former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati to chair the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA)...
Three vacancies arose when the terms of the commission's chairman Wafula Chebukati and two commissioners Boya Molu and Abdi Guliye - all supporters of Ruto – expired on 17 January...
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That meant a majority of the seven-member commission opposed the August results but they were overruled by Wafula Chebukati the chairman of the electoral commission described by Ruto as 'my hero' who is himself due to retire on 17 January...
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Wafula Chebukati the chairman of Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is due to retire on 17 January but the opposition's critiques of the organisation – and questions about the integrity of the August elections – will not end there...
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Besides politicians eyeing rewards for their contribution to President Ruto's victory those undergoing interviews for the 49 Principal Secretary posts include Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Commissioner Boya Molu and Mary Chebukati the wife of IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati...
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The most obvious strength of the petitioners' cases – the four commissioners who disowned the results announced by Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati on 15 August – turned out to be a weakness...
Attorney General Paul Kihara Kariuki who broke with his predecessor by not defending the IEBC against the petitions and indeed gave testimony that was highly critical of IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati is almost certain to be replaced...
As soon as Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission chief Wafula Chebukati declared William Ruto the winner of the presidential election the President-elect swung into action immediately putting together a transition team and wooing the 12 independent lawmakers who are set to hold the balance of power in parliament (AC Vol 63 No 17 How the hustlers toppled the dynasties)...
The postponement which embattled Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati blamed on errors in printing the ballot papers is part of the Azimio camp's application to nullify the elections at the Supreme Court...
