The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Selection Panel Chairman, Nelson Makanda, has invited shortlisted candidates for interviews starting on Monday, March 24, as the process to appoint the IEBC commission continues.
In an official notice dated Friday, March 14, Nelson Makanda published the final list of shortlisted candidates, reducing the number of candidates for the chairperson position from the previous 37 to 11, who have now been invited for interviews.
"Now, therefore, the Selection Panel hereby publishes the names of applicants shortlisted for the position of Chairperson and Member of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, as well as the date and time for the respective oral interviews," the notice partly read.
Among the 11 candidates invited for the oral interviews are:
- Abdulqadir Lorot H. Ramadhan
- Anne Atieno Amadi
- Charles Ayako Nyachae (a former judge of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ)
- Edward Katama Ngeywa (PWD)
- Erastus Edung Ethekon
- Francis Kakai Kissinger
- Jacob Ngwele Muvengei
- Joy Brenda Masinde-Mdivo.
- Lilian Wanjiku Manegene
- Robert Akumu Asembo
- Saul Simiyu Wasilwa
The 11 have been grouped into groups with the first four who will attend the interview on Monday, the second group of four will attend the interviews of Tuesday and the last group of three will attend the interview on Wednesday 26 March.
Further, the panel has reduced the list of shortlisted commissioners to 105 candidates, who will be interviewed on subsequent days until Thursday, April 24. Of the 105 candidates, 32 are women.
The oral interviews will take place in the Ballroom at the College of Insurance, South C, Nairobi County, and will be conducted in public.
All shortlisted candidates are required to present their original national identity card or passport, along with the originals of their testimonials and certificates. However, they must ensure that these documents are returned to them before leaving the interview venue.
Kenyans have been invited to submit, in writing and under oath, any information of interest regarding the suitability of any of the shortlisted applicants for both positions.
Memoranda concerning an applicant for the chairperson position must be submitted by March 19 at 5 pm, while those concerning an applicant for Member of the IEBC must be submitted by March 26 at 5 pm.
The panel has warned all candidates that any attempts to canvass or otherwise influence the selection process will automatically disqualify the applicant from the process.
