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Why the current IEBC commissioners must vacate office

It remains a given fact that the current IEBC, as it is, cannot conduct a free and fair general election come next year. Even if there were intentions and plans initially to carry out credible elections, the trust of a faction of Kenyans is fast fading out. The integrity of the commissioners has failed the test of Kenyans.

That some stakeholders are accusing IEBC of impartiality is a strong reason to have the commissioners resign and the electoral body reformed. Basing on the responses that IEBC commissioners- including the chairman- have been giving lately on whether to vacate or not, it is clear that the matter is now personal.

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