Senator Omtatah moves to court to stop hiring of IEBC commissioners

IEBC Commissioners Select Panel Chair Nelson Makanda during a media update on the ongoing recruitment process of the IEBC Chairperson and six commissioners at KICC on March 15, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The recruitment of new elections commissioners could be scuttled after a Senator moved to court.

Okiya Omtatah, in his urgent petition at the High Court, argues that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Selection Panel was appointed using an illegally passed law.