Former IEBC Commissioner Roselyne Akombe has announced that she has resumed her duties at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York City.
Dr Akombe stated that she went back to her old job two weeks after she resigned from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
She, however, noted that she had been given strict conditions by her employer not to talk to the press about the Kenyan elections.
Dr Akombe worked at the UN Secretariat as a political advisor before she took a sabbatical leave to join the IEBC as a Commissioner.
Reports indicate that she took a 70 percent pay cut at UN so as to take the new role in the electoral commission.
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“Yes, I’m back at my old job but I’m prohibited from talking to the press. This was contained in the new contract I signed recently,” Akombe told Daily Nation.
Akombe quit her position at the electoral body with only a week to the October 26 repeat presidential poll.
In her resignation letter, the former IEBC official accussed a number of her colleagues of being compromised and serving political interests.
Akombe revealed that despite being an able leader, the IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati was under siege.
She explained that Mr Chebukati did not have the required support in the Commission to enable him deliver a credible poll in the country.
[caption caption="Roselyne Akombe with IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati"]
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