ACK Archbishop Sapit asks State to fill posts at IEBC
ACK Archbishop Jackson ole Sapit. He urged the government to fill the vacant posts at the IEBC. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Top Anglican cleric, Archbishop Jackson ole Sapit has asked the government to move fast and fill positions left vacant at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission following the resignations of more commissioners earlier this week.
The clergyman wants the positions left by Roselyn Akombe, Consolata Nkatha, Margaret Mwachanya and Paul Kurgat filled so that the commission has the capacity to organise and manage upcoming by-elections and boundaries review.
2022 ELECTIONS
While speaking at the St Luke’s Cathedral in Butere on Tuesday during the launch of a five-day greater Maseno bishops and clergies leadership summit, Mr Sapit said 2022 General Election may be affected if the vacancies at the electoral commission are not filled immediately.
Archbishop Sapit accused the commissioners of serving interests of leaders based on their ethnic and political affiliation.
Similar sentiments were echoed by Lugari MP Ayub Savula and his Khwisero counterpart Christopher Aseka who want the commissioners probed over corruption allegations in the agency.
“The commissioners conducted a bungled election and caused the country to incur extra costs of conducting another presidential election,” said Mr Savula.
On Monday, IEBC vice-chairperson Consolata Nkatha and commissioners Margaret Mwachanya and Paul Kurgat resigned citing lack of faith in the commission chairman, Wafula Chebukati.
Mr Savula said all commissioners including the chairman, Mr Chebukati must go home and a new team formed to spearhead the country towards 2022 elections.
Mr Aseka said the resignation of the commissioners was long overdue as Kenyans had put pressure on them to quit after the August 2017 polls.
