Members of National Assembly are divided over whether or not the Chebukati-led commission should be send home.
Some MPs are scheming to save IEBC commissioners after a report by the Public Accounts Committee recommended they vacate office over a Sh9 billion procurement mess.
On Thursday, the PAC report generated heated debate on whether it should be debated or not.
Those opposed to the report faulted the PAC for usurping powers it did not have. They opposed the recommendation to have the commissioners vacate office upon adopting the document.
They argued that the PAC is trying to use the backdoor to kick out IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati, commissioners Boya Molu and Abdi Guliye. But they said the law is very clear on the procedure for removing office holders from independent institutions.
On Thursday last week, Chebukati criticised the report and accused the PAC of ignoring IEBC’s submission while compiling its report.
Meanwhile, a section of MPs claimed there was a plot by ‘external forces’ to scuttle the report, thereby saving the commissioners who had been adversely mentioned.
National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi deferred the ruling on whether the report was properly before the House to this week.