IEBC selection panel elects chairperson and deputy

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) selection panel has appointed former PS Bernadette Musundi of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops as its chairperson.

The chairman of the Supreme Council of Muslims in Kenya, Abdulghafur El-Busaidy, was chosen as Musundi’s deputy in the nine-member recruitment team.

Select team members

Other members of the committee include Rev Canon Peter Karanja, the secretary-general of the National Council of Churches of Kenya, Bishop David Oginde, representing Evangelical Churches of Kenya and lawyer Evans Monari representing the Parliamentary Service Commission.

The Jubilee Party will be represented in the panel by Mary Kigen while retired judge Tom Mbaluto and Ogla Chepkemoi Karani will appear for the opposition Cord.

Speaking shortly after being appointed chairperson, Musundi assured Kenyans that the people who the panel will pick will be those of integrity and the commitment of the select team was beyond reproach.

The selection panel is expected to present 11 names to President Uhuru Kenyatta with two being the position of chairperson and nine for the commissioners.

The President will thereafter pick seven from the 11 one chairperson and six full-time commissioners — with the approval of Parliament.