Chebukati blames Parliamentary committee for his woes

IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati has accused a Parliamentary committee of ignoring the commission’s submission while compiling its report.

Speaking to journalists after submitting their proposals to the Building Bridges Initiative Task Force at KICC, Chebukati said the Public Accounts Committee did not factor their submissions – both oral and written –  in the report due for debate Thursday afternoon.

The committee is chaired by Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi.

“We have seen the report of PAC and most of the information we gave has not been used in arriving at the recommendations and so we do not know what happened for PAC to ignore our submissions,” Chebukati said.

He added: “But the matter is before the floor of the House and we shall get the House to discuss it. I believe in Parliament there are men and women who will be able to see through the report.”

The committee recommended that Chebukati and commissioners Boya Molu and Abdi Guliye be kicked out of office.

The oversight team noted the continued existence of the Commission as currently constituted is untenable even for one extra day.

They proposed that Parliament spearhead reforms at the electoral body to pave way for fresh constitution of the agency.

“Parliament must provide leadership by developing a clear roadmap to midwife a seamless transition from the current order of management of elections to a totally new order,” the report reads in part. 

Chebukati accused the committee of ignoring the commission’s submission while compiling its report.

He added: “But the matter is before the floor of the House and we shall get the House to discuss it. I believe in Parliament there are men and women who will be able to see through the report.”

The report accuses commissioners of failing to provide oversight of the Commission occasioning loss of billions in highly inflated cost of materials used in last year’s polls.


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