IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati and two remaining commissioners are alleged to have reached out to Deputy President William Ruto amid mounting pressure for them to quit.
However, on Tuesday, IEBC Communications Manager Andrew Limo told Kenyans.co.ke that none of the commissioners had asked the DP for help.
"Nothing like that has happened or is likely going to happen," the communications manager stated.
Reports by the Star alleged that on Wednesday, the three commissioners held a meeting at their Anniversary Towers offices, where they discussed suing Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet for withdrawing their security.
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The commissioner's police guards were recalled on Monday afternoon, after vice chair Connie Maina and commissioners Paul Kurgat and Margaret Mwachanya resigned, accusing Chebukati of poor leadership.
The commission issued a statement remarking: “Provision of security to the chairman and members of the commission during their tenure is within their contract of service and this obligation ceases only when the contract expires.”
Chebukati had eight armed bodyguards and two chase cars and his homes in Nairobi and Kitale were also guarded round the clock by armed police.
The other commissioners had a bodyguard and a driver and their Nairobi and rural homes were equally guarded.
National Assembly Majority leader Aden Duale and his Senate counterpart Kipchumba Murkomen insisted that Chebukati and Commissioners Abdi Guliye and Boya Molu should quit to allow reconstitution of the commission.
Duale argued there was no way out of the crisis other than for the three to resign adding that Parliament will soon amend the First Schedule of the IEBC Act to allow for a transitional exit for the remaining commissioners.
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However, Minority Leader John Mbadi differed with Duale arguing that while there was urgent need to carry out radical changes, the remaining commissioners should not resign until both sides of the political divide agree on how to replace them.
