The Independent Boundaries and Electoral Commission(IEBC) has announced that it will be retreating to discuss the fate of 241 aspirants blacklisted by the anti-graft body over integrity.
The electoral body's Chairman Wafula Chebukati while addressing the press on Thursday at Bomas of Kenya, revealed that it had originally forwarded the list of the aspirants to EACC for scrutiny and will now move with speed and in accordance with the law to take action.
“We shall look at the report and it’s the commission that wrote to the EACC .We will look at it and make a statement in the course of the day for a way forward. Clearance of candidates is ongoing in accordance to the law,” he stated.
IEBC has been vetting and clearing candidates since May 29 until June 7 who will be gazetted to vie in the August 9th polls.
Chebukati noted that candidates who have pending cases in court will not be barred from the polls.
He further defended the commission's move to clear Sirisia MP John Walukhe who has been convicted of corruption.
“Those who have other matters of an appeal the commission follows article 99(3)cannot stop you from running and that’s why the returning officer cleared Walukhe,”said the commission chair.
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