The High Court in Nairobi has quashed a requirement by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) that one must have 15-years experience in order for him or her to apply for the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) position.
On Wednesday, High Court Judge Hellen Wasilwa declared the requirement as unlawful.
Justice Wasilwa in her ruling said that the polls agency acted outside the provisions of the law by requiring applicants to have 15 years of experience to apply and qualify for the position.
Wasilwa said that that the requirement is outside the legislative scope of the IEBC mandate.
She said that Section 10 of the IEBC Act does not provide the minimum years of general work experience that a CEO must have.
Citizen Digital reports that a petitioner, Henry Mutundu filed the case in court claiming that that the 15-year requirement for the IEBC CEO position is unfair and unlawful.
In court papers seen by Citizen Digitial, Mr Mutundu said that the IEBC wanted a person with 15 years experience against the set threshold of five years.
The IEBC is seeking to fill the CEO position that was left vacant by troubled CEO Ezra Chiloba.
Chiloba was unceremoniously sacked by IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati over alleged queries relating to the procurement of election material for the 2017 general election.