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President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed a nine-member team to recruit new electoral commissioners.
In a special Kenya Gazette notice, President Kenyatta appointed the Select Panel members, who include four nominated by the Parliamentary Service Commission.
The four are Evans Monari, Mary Karen Kigen-Sorobit, Rtd Justice Tom Mbaluto and Ogla Chepkemoi Karani.
The other members, representing religious groups, are Bernadette Musundi, Peter Karanja, Abdulghafur El-Busaidy, David Oginde and Rajesh Rawal.
President Kenyatta urged qualified Kenyans to apply for the positions of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission chairperson and commissioners once they are advertised.