An ODM lawmaker has sensationally claimed that President Uhuru Kenyatta is behind the defiance by IEBC commissioners to have them resign.

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Dagoretti North MP Simba Arati said Wednesday the commissioners, who are facing mounting pressure from the opposition to vacate office, are taking cues from president Kenyatta to stay put.

Arati added that it was an irony for the Jubilee government to lecture them on matters constitutionalism when they hounded former Ethics and Anti Corruption Commissioners out of office in 2015 without following due process.

He reiterated that the opposition would resume their street protest should the government fail to show committment to dialogue over the fate of the electoral commissioners.