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Why attempt to remove IEBC commissioners is not tenable if polls are to be held in 60 days

IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba and Chairman Wafula Chebukati

An attempt to reconstitute the current electoral commission for bungling the presidential elections will hit snag or create a constitutional crisis if it succeeds.

The constitutional provisions governing the removal of the commissioners and the role of President Uhuru Kenyatta in the process makes it impossible for the Wafula Chebukati-led team to exit at this time.

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