IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba, and chairman Wafula Chebukati, at past. [Photo|IEBC]IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba, has responded to chairman Wafula Chebukati, after he asked him several questions, on matters August 8 presidential election, in a leaked memo, after the Supreme Court annulled the re-election of Uhuru Kenyatta.In the memo, which went viral, Chebukati raised crucial questions, demanding answers from Chiloba, the head of IEBC Secretariat.Days later, another memo, from Chiloba in response to Chebukati, has as well leaked, revealing a kind of bad relationship the two could be having.Chiloba appears to lecture Chebukati, in the memo, challenging the chairman's intellectual capacity to handle technical issues in the electoral agency, which is set to conduct another fresh presidential election on October 26.First, Chiloba faulted Chebukati, following his tone in the memo addressed to him, saying the August elections was collectively done by his department and Chebukati's."The election was conducted by the commission comprising of commissioners and the secretariat, who by law bear joint responsibility," he said.In response to a question on switching off of geo-fencing and GPRS features in the election kits, Chiloba said: "First of all, I am informed that GPRS and Geo-fencing features mean different things. GPRS means the 2G/3G/4G feature on the device."He questioned Chebukati's understanding of ICT, saying the feature was always on for the purposes of transfer of data.In response to Chebukati, as to why his (Chebukati) username was used to severally (9,934 transactions) access the servers without his knowledge, Chiloba accused Chebukati of being absent minded at a meeting where the decision was made.“I have followed up the issue with the ICT team and the feedback I have is that they were also not fully satisfied with the level of concentration during the briefing. In essence there was a communication problem that must be addressed going forward," Chiloba said.
Chiloba is temporarily existing the commission for a three weeks leave, starting Monday October 23.