President William Ruto on Thursday appointed and gazetted new Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission chairman and commissioners for a period of six years.
This followed a court order that paved the way for the process.
“In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 250 (2) as read with section 5 (2) of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Act and Paragraph 4 of the First Schedule to the Act, I, William Samoei Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces appoint Ann Njeri Nderitu, Moses Alutalala Mukhwana, Mary Karen Sorobit, Hassan Noor Hassan, Francis Odhiambo Aduol, Fahima Araphat Abdallah to be members of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, for a period of six years,” read part of the notice released at night.
He also gazetted and appointed Erastus Edung Ethekon as the IEBC chairman.
This means the team can be sworn in to office as early as Friday July 11 to avoid further legal issues.
The High Court had dismissed a petition challenging the legality of the selection and nomination of the new Chairperson and Commissioners of IEBC.
The court however quashed their formal appointments for having been made in violation of court orders.
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