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Focus on IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati as commission prepares for repeat presidential poll

IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati. (Photo: Willis Awandu/Standard)

Eight months in office, electoral commission chairman Wafula Chebukati has had a baptism of fire with the bungled elections and now he has 34 days to address the flaws to deliver a credible fresh election.

Mr Chebukati assumed office after his predecessor was ejected last year over the conduct of the 2013 elections although the Supreme Court upheld the vote. Chebukati finds himself in a difficult position given the nullification of the August 8 poll and the harsh indictment of the institution he heads.

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