...Vice Chairperson Consolata Nkatha, Prof.
Abdi Guliye, Dr Paul Kurgat, and Mr Boya Molu stormed out of the meeting claiming that Chebukati acted alone and did not consult them while selecting the team. "We were shocked because at no one point did we discuss or agree to effect changes in our secretariat.
We have asked for an urgent meeting to discuss this matter because the commission is run by the commissioners, not an individual. "Secondly, some of us are of the view that the chairman assumed and purported to exercise powers he doesn't have," one protesting commissioner told journalists.
They maintained that the IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba is the one mandated to carry out such changes and accused some of the senior officials of having been compromised by politicians.
SEE ALSO: Police boss gives detailed account of who caused Thika Superhighway accident which Killed 7 people"Assignment of duties to staff and implementation of commission decisions is the work of the commission secretary (Chiloba), who is also the accounting officer.
"We have also reliably learned that some of us met some senior political players in this election on Monday evening. We have to be sure that some decisions such as these were not the product of such meetings as alleged," one of the commissioners noted.
Commissioners Roselyn Akombe and Margaret Mwachanya are said to be in support of the Chairman's move, expressing readiness to work with the new team.
"The chairman made the changes in his capacity as the national returning officer. I fully support his decision. We are scheduled to hold a meeting to deliberate on the same," they noted.
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