New IEBC team should make our elections not always smell blood

Chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Dr. Erastus Edung Ethekon during the swearing in of the commission at Supreme Court on July 11, 2025. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]

Come, let’s sit down.

This is July, the coldest month in Kenya. In my homeland of Ukambani, we call it Ng’athamba Uni. It means “I will shower tomorrow.”