By-elections in limbo as IEBC paralysis persists

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

Paralysis at the electoral agency has put two by-elections scheduled for July in limbo.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has been operating without commissioners since the retirement of the chairman, Wafula Chebukati, and commissioners Abdi Guliye and Boya Molu on January 17.