We will bar aspirants with unresolved integrity issues, says Chiloba

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Chief Executive Officer Ezra Chiloba during Thursday’s Senate Public Accounts Committee meeting to discuss Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya’s snubbing of House summons at Parliament Buildings. [Moses Omusula, Standard]

Political aspirants named adversely in parliamentary committee reports are at the mercy of the courts as the electoral commission begins clearing candidates next week.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) yesterday warned the aspirants indicted by House committees or with pending integrity issues that they have not appealed against that would not be cleared to vie in the August elections.