During the Wednesday morning show, Hassan also argued that Parliament took away the IEBC’s vetting powers when they amended and passed the Leadership and Integrity Act, removing provisions that allowed the electoral body to vet such individuals.
Kenyatta and Ruto have time and again insisted that they will seek the presidency regardless of their cases at the ICC with Ruto even arguing that he can run the country from The Hague based Court.
“Parliament has passed the Leadership and Integrity Act and there is no vetting procedure in that Act,” he said.
Hassan instead said that the IEBC only had the authority to oversee and clear party primary nominees.
“What we are trying to do is administrative mechanism which is only for party nominations; if you feel that a candidate is being imposed on Kenyans during the primary party nominations you can come to us,” he argued.
“There is a 14-day window period when we can either reject a name or you can go and challenge us but this is only for party nominations,” he insisted.
The country’s political landscape is filled with political rhetoric owing to the forthcoming elections.
Both Kenyatta and Ruto have denied masterminding the crimes that left more than 1,000 dead and about 650,000 others displaced.
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