The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has confirmed that it was involved in the decision by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to blacklist 241 aspirants who include prominent political figures eyeing various seats in the August 9 poll.
While addressing the media at Bomas on Thursday, June 2, IEBC chairperson Wafula Chebukati revealed that it was them who wrote to the EACC over the eligibility of the candidates to contest in the August 9 polls.
He stated that they had received a detailed report from the anti-corruption agency and they would retreat in the better part of the day to make a determination over the same.
Among those who have been blacklisted in the EACC list include Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru, Kapsaret MP Oscar Sudi, former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero, Murang'a Governor Mwangi Wa Iria, among others.
"It is the commission that wrote to the EACC and forwarded the names of the candidates. We shall look at it and make a determination in the course of the day tomorrow," he stated.
Waiguru had earlier on Wednesday night, complained of foul play, claiming that the EACC blacklist had been the work of the deep state agents who were hellbent on getting her out of the ballot in the August General Election.
Further, Chebukati also acknowledged that there was an ongoing court case regarding the clearance of candidates facing integrity questions. He asked the courts to speed up the determination of the petition.
He explained that the Commission would begin the preparation of ballot papers in the coming weeks adding that they needed clarity over the clearance of the affected candidates.
However, he insisted that they would follow the law when clearing the candidates stating that they have to go through EACC first.
"The clearance of candidates is ongoing and it is being done in accordance with the law. As a Commission, we shall follow the law to the latter.
"Remember all these candidates have a self-declaration form stamped by the EACC. It is not that we just clear them," Chebukati affirmed.
On May 31, Chief Justice Martha Koome constituted a three-judge bench made of Judges David Majanja, Chacha Mwita, and Thande Mugure to determine a petition that seeks to bar candidates facing integrity issues from contesting in the August 9 polls.
