Parliament Receives Names of Nine IEBC Selection Panel Nominees
The much-awaited IEBC selection panel that will recruit the electoral body’s Commissioners is taking shape following the selection and forwarding of 9 nominees by the 5 bodies mandated by the newly signed electoral law.
The selection panel has 3 months to finalize its recruitment exercise and forward the names of the nominees to the president and shall thereafter stand dissolved unless its mandate is extended by Parliament.
The three persons nominated by the Political Parties Liaison Committee are Evans Misati representing non-parliamentary parties, Nicodemus Bore from the Majority party, and Augustus Muli from the Minority Party.
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Dr. Nelson Makanda and Fatuma Saman who were in the previous selection panel have been retained by the Inter-Religious Council.
Tanui Andrew Kipkoech has been nominated by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya.
LSK chairperson Faith Odhiambo and speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetangula will on Monday officially announce nominees for the Lawyer’s body and the two persons nominated by the Parliamentary Service Commission respectively.
The selection panel shall finalize the recruitment exercise within ninety days of its appointment and forward the names of the nominees to the President and shall thereafter stand dissolved.
However, Parliament may, by resolution passed in both the National Assembly and the Senate, extend the tenure of the selection panel for a specified period.
Parliament Receives Names of Nine IEBC Selection Panel Nominees
