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Reconstitute the IEBC now for it to deliver and be legally formed

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IEBC branded microphone at Bomas of Kenya on August 13, 2022. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Six months ago, I wrote about the urgency to constitute the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, to forestall a looming catastrophe of constitutional proportions.

I had assumed that we cared about safeguarding the Constitution and constitutionalism. I was wrong since the constitutional timelines are no longer meaningfully adhered to or are altogether ignored.

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