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Senate Majority leader Kithure Kindiki insist IEBC must be reconstituted

Tharaka-Nithi Senator Kithure Kindiki addressing a gathering at Kanthanje Secondary school during the institutions fundraiser on June 25. (PHOTO | KEVIN NGAI)

Senate Majority Leader Prof. Kithure Kindiki has exerted pressure to the Electoral Commission members who have not yet indicated a good will to leave office, to voluntarily resign instead of subjecting the country to a protracted process of sacking them.

The Tharaka-Nithi Senator said their resignation would save more time for the select committees from both Jubilee and the opposition towards solving the electoral body stalemate, adding that "time was running out and Kenyans are running out of patience to hear the outcome out of the anticipated talks."

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