IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba (left) and chairperson Wafula Chebukati at a past event [PHOTO/the-star.co.ke]The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) director for ICT James Muhati has been forced out of office over claims of job sabotage.The commission on Friday evening sent Muhati on a compulsory leave after accusations that he had failed to cooperate in an ongoing exercise of auditing ICT systems.
The decision to drop him was arrived at during a plenary meeting chaired by commission chairperson Wafula Chebukati and attended by CEO Ezra Chiloba all the commissioners.
The commission is said to have been irked by Muhati's failure to respond to a memo by his colleague director of Audit, Risk and Compliance Obadiah Keitany on 17th May.
"We have noted that there is little cooperation from your directorate with regard to provision of requested for puporses of concluding the exercise. This is contrary to the PFM regulations 2015 section 162 (3-4) which grants the directorate of Audit and Risk 'unrestricted, direct and prompt access to records, officials or personal relevant to performance of audit function'," read the internal memo as quoted by the Standard.
"Kindly note that we are proceeding to conduct the exercise noting your unwillingness to provide the necessary information," further read Keitany's memo copied to Chiloba, Chebukati and Deputy CEO of support services Marjan Hussein.