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MPs in bid to amend law, clip Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission powers

Over 37 Jublee MPs led by National Assembly majority leader Aden Duale ( middle ) address the Media at Parliment Buildings on 20-08-15 PHOTO MOSES OMUSULA

A political scheme is taking shape in the National Assembly as MPs seek to amend the law that, if approved, will render the electoral commission powerless in taming electoral malpractices.

In a three-pronged legislative onslaught on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the MPs want to quash powers of the commission to disqualify rogue candidates without authority of the court.

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