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Wafula Chebukati says only IEBC decides placement of 70 new constituencies

IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati when he appeared before the Justice and Legal Affairs Committees on the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020. March 17, 2021. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] 

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman, Wafula Chebukati, on Wednesday said promoters of the Building Bridges Initiative only discussed how to eradicate post-poll violence.

He said the task of allocating where the additional constituencies will be is the work of the IEBC, not politicians.

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