Sending Chiloba home alone won't cure systemic rot at IEBC

IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba responds to audit queries when he appeared before the National Assembly Public Accounts Committee at Parliament on March 26, 2018. [Photo by Boniface Okendo/Standard]

It is inconceivable that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), despite having clear guidelines on how to conduct its affairs, should exhibit such dysfunctionality, its commissioners cannot agree on simple procedural matters.

For those who have been following the workings of IEBC, it is easy to conclude that it is a divide house serving political parties’ interests. On whose authority, for instance, does IEBC vice chairperson Connie Maina countermand administrative orders by IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati?