President Uhuru Kenyatta appoints team to pick new IEBC bosses

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.