Election Ghosts still haunting Chiloba as the parliament grills him

If you thought Former IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba is gone for good then you got it wrong. The game is not yet over. The full account must be given for him to be uncuffed.

The Former IEBC CEO who was sent on a compulsory leave then later fired is currently appearing to the Parliament Accounting Committee to answer the questions of election audit.

Chiloba speaking trying to prove his innocence has claimed that the commission had skimmed to sacrifice him to carry the burden for them.

According to the audit report the commission lost Millions of shillings through the procurement of various elections materials.

he report, which was issued on August 20, reviewed 31 contracts the commission entered into during the elections, all worth Sh6.2 billion.

Of the tenders that were reviewed, the auditors said they could not provide an assurance that the taxpayer got value for money in ten contracts worth Sh4.6 billion, or 74 per cent of all the value of contracts.

“This was largely due to acquisition of goods or services at exaggerated prices and lack of market survey reports, among other factors,” the report states.

The report implicated  CEO Ezra Chiloba, the directorates of finance, ICT, Supply Chain Management and Legal and Public Affairs who the auditors recommended they explain some of the decisions they made leading to the possible loss.

“The Internal Audit on Major Procurement of goods and services for 2017 elections has been concluded and a report submitted,” Mr Chebukati said.

“The report confirms the concerns raised by the plenary before commissioning of the audit. The report will inform internal actions the commission will take in terms of dealing with the issues raised,” he added, hinting at looming senior staff changes at the secretariat which could target Mr Chiloba. The chairman further said the report will be shared with “relevant agencies for necessary action,” most likely the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).

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But the audit report seems to have re-awakened the old ghosts at the commission with Mr Chiloba not taking anything lying down.

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