Kenya's polling body officials to exit office ahead of election
Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Issack Hassan (second right) addresses the media at the agency's offices in Nairobi on May 5, 2016. He is flanked by IEBC chief executive Ezra Chiloba (second left) and commissioners Kule Galma Godana and Thomas Letangule. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Commissioners in Kenya's polling body have finally agreed to leave office after months of anxiety regarding their fate as the country inches closer to the 2017 elections.
The nine commissioners, led by Chairman Issack Hassan, on Wednesday told a joint parliamentary committee comprising members of the country's National Assembly and the Senate that they are ready to leave office through a political settlement for the sake of peace.
