Team in bitter split over IEBC hiring panel

Chairman of Power and Priviledges Committee Moses Cheboi. MPs were yesterday sharply split over the role of politicians in the proposed team that will hire new electoral commissioners. (PHOTO: MOSES OMUSULA/ STANDARD)

MPs were yesterday sharply split over the role of politicians in the proposed team that will hire new electoral commissioners.

While some said it would be better if politicians left the role of picking the selection panel to the Public Service Commission (PSC), others insisted elections were a political process and therefore parties, big and small, had to be involved.