Nairobi, Oct. 16 -- The National Assembly has approved a Bill that stipulates the selection of a panel to recruit electoral commissioners.
If President Uhuru Kenyatta signs the The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2019 into law, a seven-member team will be formed to oversee the filling of vacant positions in the seven-member commission.
The panel will have two men and two women nominated by the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC), one person nominated by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and two individuals fronted by the Inter-religious Council of Kenya.
What remains to be seen is whether the LSK will present a nominee, considering that its President Nelson Havi insists that any business transacted by Pa...