Religious leaders say IEBC commissioners must go home
Members of religious and civil society organisations follow proceedings during a multi-sectoral two-day forum on building a consensus on electoral reforms held at Ufungamano House on July 19, 2016. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Religious leaders warned against what they said was an attempt by the political leaders to interfere with the date of the next general election.
Religious leaders Wednesday proposed the vetting of senior and county staff of the electoral body after the exit of its commissioners.
The leaders under the multi-sectoral forum also said that the IEBC commissioners must leave office "even if their culpability is not proven" but be given an exit package.
Addressing the media on Wednesday at Ufungamano House in Nairobi, they warned that the rivalry between the National Assembly's Justice and Legal Affairs Committee and the joint parliamentary committee could derail efforts to correct Kenya's electoral system.
They urged National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale and his minority counterpart Francis Nyenze to sit down with the two committees.
The clerics warned against what they said was an attempt by political leaders to interfere with the date of the next general election.
The leaders said they would urged officials to procure the election results transmission system by January 2017.
