IEBC Chief Executive, Ezra Chiloba, on Monday announced that the electoral body would on Tuesday decide whether ODM leader Raila Odinga will run for Presidency or not in the upcoming General Election.
This is after Odinga failed to comply with the campaign financing regulations act that required all aspirants to open and file campaign accounts with the IEBC before the December 8 deadline
Interestingly, Odinga's fate and that of other aspirants who failed to comply will be decided by the nine electoral commissioners who resigned in October.
Chiloba told Parliament that the nine commissioners would decide whether Odinga would be locked out of the race as they still provide policy directions to the secretariat even after they agreed to leave office.
“I am advised, and it is true, that the decision as to what should be the consequence for those that failed to meet the deadline, is a policy direction to be decided by the commission,” Chiloba stated.
On why he declined to comply with the rules, Odinga said the Isaac Hassan-led team's time in office had expired after resigning in October and that he didn't recognise the commissioners.
The former Prime Minster also argued that the laws were defective and that they had not even conducted nominations to decide on the candidates to run for various seats.
Meanwhile, on Monday National Assembly Committee on Delegated Legislation chairman William Cheptumo said: “As it stands, there are no campaign finance regulations because they were not passed by the National Assembly”.
The nine commissioners maintain they will only leave office after a new team is formed and that they can carry out their duties as expected as "they are still in office".
