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IEBC selection panel chairperson Bernadette Musundi (right) and vice chairperson Abdulghafur El Busaidy address a press conference yesterday. [PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE/ STANDARD]
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) will get new commissioners by mid December according to plans by the selection panel.
The journey to replace commissioners started in earnest on Wednesday after Chief Justice David Maraga swore the eight member panel. The ninth member, Rajesh Rawal of the Hindu Council of Kenya, opted out.
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