The IEBC has been forced to fire four officers among them three Presiding Officers after discovering they have links to the National Super Alliance (NASA).
The four IEBC officials had been contracted to oversee elections in four polling stations in the NASA stronghold of Vihiga County.
Shocking details, however, emerged indicating that they had been gazetted in the Opposition's list of nominees.
Investigations showed that the four are county assembly nominees for the Amani National Congress (ANC), an affiliate party of the NASA coalition.
The IEBC contracts with the officials have since been terminated and it is expected that the Deputy Presiding Officers (DPO) will stand in their place.
The three presiding officers include Catherine Jayo who had been assigned to be in Vihiga Sub County, Ongadi Mulegi who was to oversee elections in Sabatia Sub County and James Aluda for Busali ward.
The fourth official was identified as Akhalakwa Makabuti, who had been assigned as a clerk in Hamisi Sub County.
The sacking came after Vihiga Governor Moses Akaranga's Progressive Party of Kenya (PPK) complained about the four officers in a letter to the IEBC.
“It is against the law for IEBC officials or members of political parties or partisan individuals. We demand that the mentioned people be terminated with immediate effect since the election will not be free and fair (with their presence),” a section of the letter read.
Akaranga, who is seeking to defend his seat, will face Emuhaya MP Wilbur Otichillo of ODM and Yusuf Chanzu of ANC.
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