Joint Parliamentary Select Team Co-chairs Senators Kiraitu Murungi and Orengo cautioned MPs in the two Houses against further delays in the adoption and implementation of the report and the Bills saying it will affect the September 30 timeline for the appointment of new IEBC Commissioners.
The report further recommends a negotiated way out for the current IEBC commissioners, forensic audit of the principal voters’ register, use of ICT in the next elections, nomination of candidates by political parties and the role of IEBC in the process as well as the framework on the announcement of presidential results.
The Joint Parliamentary Select Committee which was formed after Opposition supporters held demonstrations calling for the removal of the IEBC Commissioners has proposed the number of commissioners be reduced to seven and serve on a permanent basis.
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