Chiloba exposes the rotten side of Chebukati nobody knew about

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Former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) CEO Ezra Chiloba has denied allegations levelled against him that he single-handedly made over 100 procurements between June last year and election time.

While appearing before National Assembly Public Accounts Committee, Chiloba accused IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati of trying “to fix him” in the financial mismanagement recorded at the electoral body.

“I have seen a statement issued by Mr Chebukati which is misleading and a misrepresentation of facts. This is unfair to the public and I wish to put the record straight. The Commission met severally, and it is on record that direct procurement for KIEMS had been considered way before the meeting of 31 March 2017. Indeed, on 28 February 2017, when approving direct procurement for KIEMS, the intention of the Commission was that Secretariat writes to Safran expressing intention to retain their services,” Chiloba said.

He further told the committee led by Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja MP) that Chebukati was interfering with the secretariat’s decisions before and after the 2017 General Election thus leading to unending tensions and confusion at the polls body.

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“The fact that some members did not vote for direct procurement of Safran is a classic example of how not to conduct a procurement process. The law on procurement provides the procedure of making awards. Once the evaluation committee has made a recommendation to award, the head of procurement prepares a professional opinion on the process, which will guide the accounting officer in approving the award. But in the case of KIEMS and several other procurement, the Commission demanded to have the evaluation reports and professional opinions before the award of contracts. Given this situation, I kept wondering, and sometimes loudly,” Chiloba added.

 

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