During an interview on Citizen TV on Tuesday, January 7, Siaya Senator James Orengo called for the disbandment of IEBC as the debate on the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report rages on.
He termed the commission as a criminal enterprise stating that the results in the servers were not the same ones that were transmitted in the 2017 General Election.
"We need a commission that can apply the law. We need to have a transparent system in elections from the results transmission to the proper records," Orengo argued.
In response, IEBC released a statement on Wednesday, January 8, daring the legislator to resign terming his remarks as disrespectful and "an insult to the constitution."
"The senator is an elected member of the Senate who is, therefore, a product of the same alleged criminal enterprise. If indeed, he stands by his sentiments, he should honourably resign to gain moral grounds to criticise the institution that oversaw his election to the Senate," the institution maintained.
The electoral body maintained that it would not tolerate being used "as a punching bag for political mileage".
The commission stated that it had learnt lessons from previous elections and electoral programmes adding that it had begun preparatory activities towards 2022 General Election.
"The commission has started early preparations including undertaking electoral legal reforms, putting in place frameworks for procurement and general electoral logistics," the statement read in part.
