Parliament told to give political parties timeline on IEBC selection panel nominees
December 10, 2024
Parliament told to give political parties
timeline on IEBC selection panel nominees
PARLIAMENT
has been told to give timeline to political parties across the country on the
issue of nominating persons to IEBC selection panel.
Former President
of East African Law Society James Aggrey Mwamu says some political parties are
dragging their feet on the issue of nominating the persons they want to be in
the IEBC Selection Panel, adding that Parliament needs to give a timeline on this.
Addressing the
press at his office in Kisumu, Mwamu said the most important thing now is to
constitute the IEBC and have commissioners in place by end of next month.
Mwamu says
other factors like reviewing boundaries which would have been done this year
has not taken place simply because IEBC is not properly constituted, adding that
the exercise if not carried out this year will be done next in 2034 which is in
the next ten years coming.
He says those
who moved to court to challenge the IEBC Selection Panel nominees should
consider withdrawing such cases so as to pave the way to the panel to be in
place and recruit IEBC Commissioners.
Mwamu says
if IEBC will not be constituted by January next year, then their timelines won’t
work well, adding that even their budgeting for the next General election in
2027 won’t be well tackled.
“By next year
of 2025, we will only be counting one year to the next General Elections and if
IEBC is not constituted on time then their programs will be greatly be affected,”Mwamu says.
Mwamu adds
that the preparation for the next General Elections should start immediately
after the IEBC is constituted.
“The
Executive and Parliament should act and ensure that the IEBC Selection Panel is
in place by this December 31 then IEBC should be constituted latest end of
January next year,” Mwamu adds.
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