IEBC Chair Wafula Chebukati. [Photo/THE STAR]The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati now wants top officials at the commission “adversely mentioned” to have been party to electoral malpractices in the August poll step aside.
Responding to the sudden resignation of his commissioner Roselyne Akombe, Chebukati has also warned warring political sides in the October 26 repeat presidential election.
Chebukati stated on Wednesday that he would no longer stomach political interference within the IEBC even as the team prepares to conduct the exercise next week on Thursday.
Dispelling any possibility of him resigning, Chebukati said the election will go on as long as the disagreeing parties-Jubilee’s Uhuru Kenyatta and NASA’s Raila Odinga talk and agree.
“I know many of you expected me to resign but I have a duty in front of me and will not allow individuals to burn Kenya. I appeal to key political parties to dialogue in the remaining days to enable us conduct a free, fair and credible election.”
Chebukati regretted loosing Akombe saying she was one of the best brains in the country.
“She is one of our finest best brains in the country and that it is sad, very sad, to see that we could not provide an environment for such minds, that the country could not find space for her."