The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairperson Wafula Chebukati has finally revealed the reason behind the commision’s CEO sacking. Chebukati said IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba was fired on grounds of audit queries.
Speaking during the national launch of voter registration at Unoa Grounds, Makueni County, the IEBC boss said the commission had conducted its own internal auditing that corresponded with the government audit that came out August this year.
“The results of the audit came out and they mirrored our internal audit and this linked the CEO to the irregularities,”Chebukati said.
He further added that national elections were costing Sh46b due to wastage of tax payers’ money adding auditing after every election was the way to go. He said that Chiloba was a thorn in the commission’ s flesh since he didn’t want the audit carried out from the beginning.
He noted that those who misappropriated money meant for the August 8 elections ought to be arrested and prosecuted. According to the IEBC boss, the commission has already forwarded the reports to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Ethics anti-Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) for prosecution.
Chebukati said the electoral body was opposed to external forces that keep on distracting it.
Chiloba was fired on Friday over alleged procurement irregularities during the 2017 general elections.
“It is now up to the DPP and the DCI to investigate and substantiate the claims. For my part, I am of the view that all those who are involved in any misdeals must be held accountable. Be it any staff or myself, they must be brought to book. Such people do not deserve to be called Kenyans, in fact, they must rot in jail,” Chebukati added.