IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati relied on an internal audit questioning the single-sourcing for technology to kick out embattled CEO Ezra Chiloba, reports the Standard.
In the audit, it has been revealed, Sh3.8 billion contract to supply electronics by the French firm, Safran, has raised several questions in the electoral body.
During a heated plenary meeting last Friday, Chebukati is said to have presented a report questioning the KIEMS, and subsequently asked Chiloba to step down.
Through the majority voting, the commission send Chiloba backing, a move that has however infuriated a section of commissioners.
Vice Chair Consolatta Maina and commissioner Paul Kurgat are said to have differed with the decision by the majority commissioners on grounds that the commission should have waited for the entire audit.
Momants after the nullification of August presidential elections, Chebukati, through a leaked memo, blamed the CEO of orchestrating flaws in the elections.
Since then, relationship between the two officials has been hot and cold, and the latest three months suspension on Chiloba could worsen the commission's reputation.