Court declines to suspend ongoing recruitment of IEBC chair, commissioners
The High Court has declined to issue orders suspending the ongoing recruitment of a new Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman and six commissioners to replace Wafula Chebukati and other commissioners pending the hearing of a lawsuit filed by Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah challenging the process. Justice Thande Murange on Thursday, April 6, 2023, […]
Okiya Omtatah in court to stop parliamentary committee from interrogating dissenting IEBC 4
Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has petitioned the High Court seeking to stop the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs from conducting proceedings for the removal of four IEBC commissioners from office. In an application filed under a certificate of urgency, Omtatah wants the constitution and Human Rights High Court in Milimani to issue interim […]
List of 7 Supreme Court recommendations to IEBC amid boardroom wars
The Supreme Court on Monday, September 26, 2022, made a raft of recommendations to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) following the disputed August 9 presidential election. In a detailed judgment on the presidential petition lodged by Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga and six others, a seven-judge bench led […]
Azimio leaders demand IEBC’s deputy CEO Kulundu reinstated within 24 hours
Azimio la Umoja -One Kenya coalition leaders have served Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) with an ultimatum to reinstate the commission’s Deputy CEO Ruth Kulundu. The outfit is demanding the commission to bring back Kulundu within 24 hours threatening to take stern action. “That IEBC immediately reinstates Ruth Kulundu to her rightful position of […]
Azimio leaders demand IEBC’s deputy CEO Kulundu reinstated within 24 hours
Azimio la Umoja -One Kenya coalition leaders have served Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) with an ultimatum to reinstate the commission’s Deputy CEO Ruth Kulundu. The outfit is demanding the commission to bring back Kulundu within 24 hours threatening to take stern action. “That IEBC immediately reinstates Ruth Kulundu to her rightful position of […]
Drama as police disperse Azimio protesters outside IEBC offices
Drama was experienced on Monday, September 26, 2022, during Azimio la Umoja- One Kenya coalition’s peaceful march to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) offices at Anniversary Towers as police dispersed protesters using teargas canisters. The march called by Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Director of Communications Phillip Etale was aimed at protesting against the […]
Cherera breaks silence after 4 commissioners heckled at IEBC function
Divisions in the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) seem to be far from over after four commissioners, who fell out with their boss Wafula Chebukati, received a cold reception at a retreat in Mombasa. IEBC Vice-chairperson Wafula Chebukati confirmed to a local media station that she was booed at the meeting whose objective was […]