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Are there “moles” among Independent
Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners who leak information
from the electoral body to either Jubilee Party or the National Super Alliance?
Well, there is a trend at the commission that every major decision it tends to
make get leaked before it is agreed upon.
The latest indication that some of the
commissioners are allied to the two political parties played out last week when
the commission appeared before the Joint Select Committee of Parliament. Before
IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati could introduce himself, a Jubilee senator and a
member of the committee, who in a few minutes was seen reading a text message
from his phone, interrupted the committee’s co-chair, William Cheptumo, to
question why Chebukati was appearing alone.
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