How will beleaguered Kenya's electoral body hold $116m poll?
As Kenya's electoral commission, IEBC, chairman Wafula Chebukati (left) seeks answers over annulled election, the CEO Ezra Chiloba reveals the secretariat is proceeding with plans for October 17 poll duel. PHOTOS | NMG
Kenya’s electoral commission has plunged into a crisis, even as it starts preparations for a fresh presidential election in line with a Supreme Court’s decision that invalidated the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Deep divisions within the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) put the repeat election in jeopardy, with decision-making having almost collapsed as commissioners either oppose or contradict each other in public.