Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati has suspended the commission’s CEO Ezra Chiloba.
Chiloba has been sent on three-month compulsory leave.
IEBC Communication Manager Andrew Limo said that Chiloba was served with the leave notice over ‘procurement issues’.
“I can confirm the CEO has been suspended, though I do not have the letter in my possession,” he said on phone.
Mr Limo also said that Chiloba was yet to be investigated. Efforts to get Chiloba’s comment on the matter were futile. Chiloba could not manage the pressure and hence he went ahead and took a three week break during the repeat presidential elections.
He had been put through immense pressure from the National Super Alliance (NASA) to resign, with Raila Odinga calling for street protests to force him and other officials out of office.
Raila and other NASA leaders accused them of election mismanagement which were held on the August 8, 2017 that would be nullified by the Supreme Court. At the time, Chiloba’s decision to go on leave exposed cracks within the poll commission with some backing the calls for his resignation.