Joint Select Committee on election-related laws co-chairs Baringo North MP, William Cheptumo and Isiolo Senator, Fatuma Dullo and Nairobi senator Johnson Sakaja, October 3, 2017. [Photo|Parliament of Kenya]The Joint Select Committee on election-related laws on Friday sent away the chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Wafula Chebukati.This is after he appeared before it, alone, unaccompanied by the six commissioners, and the secretariat, with aims to present a memoranda about the IEBC's stand on the Electoral Laws Amendments.The select-committee, under the leadership of co-chairs, Baringo North MP, William Cheptumo and Isiolo Senator, Fatuma Dullo, asked Chebukati to go back, and re-appear accompanied by fellow commissioners and the secretariat, before their views are accepted as views from the Commission and not from an individual.Chebukati appeared before the committee Friday evening, alone, saying fellow commissioners were engaged elsewhere, and that the CEO Ezra Chiloba was appearing before the budget committee.
However, members of the select-committee including Nairobi senator Johnson Sakaja, opposed his presence, saying an invitation was sent to the IEBC as a commission and not Chebukati as the chairman or as an individual.Since today marks the last day of the committee's public hearings sittings, Chebukati said he will first confirm the availability of the fellow commissioners before re-appearing with them, maybe at, or before 7pm this evening.The committee is expected to table its report in both Houses when Parliament resumes next week Tuesday.It received submissions from the civil society, religious groups, political parties, NGOs, the Law Society of Kenya and IEBC, among other relevant stakeholders.