Strict timelines for team picked to pick IEBC officials

Acting Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu (Third left) and Chief Registar Anne Amadi, pose for a photo with the newly sworn in six-member Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners selection panel, Dr Elizabeth Muli, Gideon Solonka, Awuor James Achoka, Elizabeth Odindo, Joseph Ngumi Mutie and Dr Suleiman Abdalla during the ceremony at Supreme Court, Nairobi, on Wednesday, April 28 2021 [David Njaaga, Standard]

The seven-member selection panel appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta to recruit four commissioners to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has their work cut out.

The panel has seven days to advertise and invite applications from qualified persons and publish the names of all applicants and their qualifications in a gazette notice, two newspapers with national circulation, and on the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) website.