IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati. Photo/the-star.co.ke
Foreign envoys have asked the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to open for public scrutiny.
According to the envoys, the move will promote “free, fair, credible and peaceful elections.”
The 10 envoys representing US and the European Union states met the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in Nairobi on Thursday morning in the wake of ballot paper tendering storm raised by the Opposition.
On Wednesday, the foreign affairs ministry reportedly asked diplomats to keep off Kenya’s internal electoral affairs.
“We urge the IEBC to continue to engage and communicate its preparations widely and transparently,” the envoys said in a statement.
The joint statement was signed by the UK High Commissioner Nic Hailey, US ambassador Robert Godec, Stefano Dejak who heads the European Union Delegation to Kenya, Jutta Frasch of Germany, Ralf Heckner (Switzerland) and Johan Borgstam (Sweden).