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Crisis looms over hiring of new IEBC chiefs

President William Ruto's shaky truce with Azimio leader Raila Odinga is turning out to be costly for the nation, which is now staring at a constitutional crisis over the absence of electoral commissioners.

The delay in recruiting new Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman and commissioners has seen Banissa constituency and three wards lack representation due to delays in holding a by-election in the area.

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