The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has flagged as fake a memo purporting that there are proceedings in the Supreme Court considering the resolution of Parliament.
Taking to social media on Wednesday, the commission termed the press release as mere fake news and urged members of the public not to engage in spreading the same.
The fake notice had declared that in case the Chief Justice gave the President the go-ahead to dissolve the house, IEBC would follow the rule of law and run fresh elections for all Parliamentary seats, instead of by-elections.
Over the past few days, President William Ruto has been at odds with Members of Parliament, accusing them of accepting bribes in exchange for passing legislation.
Speaking on Monday during a Joint Parliamentary group meeting between the Kenya Kwanza Alliance and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party, Ruto said that the committee level of Parliament was especially notorious on the same.
Specifically, he pointed at members of the Senate who had reportedly obtained Ksh150 million to influence the outcome of a matter before the House, without disclosing their names.
“They are collecting money in the name of Parliament, and sometimes that money never gets to Parliament. Instead, it ends up in the pockets of a few individuals. We are not going to shame them; we are going to apprehend them,” Ruto said.
"I am a consumer of raw intelligence. Do you, for example, know that a few members of the House here received up to Ksh10 million to pass the Anti-Money Laundering Bill? Do you know that? Did you get the money?'' Ruto posed.
After promising to hold all those involved responsible, the members of the Senate Public Accounts Committee demanded that he be summoned to provide evidence of his assertions.
On Tuesday, the President further formed the Multi-Agency Team on War Against Graft (MAT) to intensify the war against graft.
The committee, comprising representatives from the National Intelligence Service (NIS), the Ethics and Anti-Graft Commission (EACC), the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), was suspended on Wednesday by the High Court to allow for the hearing of a petition challenging it.
Nakuru-based surgeon Magare Gikenyi had moved to court along with three others, arguing that the Head of State acted outside his constitutional mandate in establishing the new body and thus sought orders to declare it unlawful, irregular and unconstitutional.
