IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati. Photo/capitalfm.co.ke

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The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission on Monday started a three-day conference on elections.

The conference is meant to  allow politicians, civil society groups and Kenyans to audit its election preparedness.

The conference comes just 56 days to the August 8 general elections.

The conference which is being held at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) will end on Wednesday.

 “The main aim of the conference is to rally Kenyans towards a credible and peaceful election in 2017. We shall critically evaluate the state of preparedness for the elections, develop synergies of efforts of different stakeholders in ensuring credible bolls,” IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati said in a statement.

The conference has been organised jointly by the IEBC, the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC), and a group of civil society bodies under the banner Kura Yangu, Sauti Yangu.