Kenya talks team’s fight for life as ex-polls officials open old wounds
Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka (L) and National Assembly Majority leader Kimani Ichungwa during the National Dialogue Committee proceedings in Nairobi, Kenya on September 28, 2023. PHOTO | WILFRED NYANGARESI | NMG
A negotiations committee set up to recommend reforms to Kenya’s elections management and governance systems faced its greatest test yet this week after four former electoral commissioners appearing before it questioned the legitimacy of last year’s presidential poll.
The quartet, including two who made their presentations via video conferencing from exile, on Thursday called for an audit of the elections, reiterating their earlier statement that the results used by then chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Wafula Chebukati to declare President William Ruto the winner were opaque.
