Anne Amadi, 10 other candidates are successful in the IEBC chairman

• The IEBC nomination panel is running time to hand over the country a new election body two years after the existing commission was missing
• A nine -person panel chaired by Nelson Makanda, listed 11 candidates for the IEBC chairman and 105 other commissioners' positions
• The Makanda team will interview all candidates between March 24 and April 17 before sending the names to President William Ruto

A panel tasked with selecting the new Chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and commissioners is continuing to renew the re -election of the electoral body.

The team with nine members managed by Nelson Makanda has listed 11 candidates for the position of chairman and 105 of the commissioners.

How the IEBC appointment panel will conduct an interview

Oral interviews for those nominated to hold the position of Chairman will be held at the Ballroom Hall at the Insurance College, South C in Nairobi County, for four days between March 24 and 26, and will be publicized.

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In its notice, the panel informed the applicants appointed to submit their citizenship and qualifications while attending the interview.

For example, they are required to come up with their own national identity or passport, and the nature of their testimonies and certificates.

They are also required to bring proof of approval from various organizations, such as the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), the Higher Education Credit Board, the Kenya Tax Authority (KRA), the Ethics and Anti -Corruption Commission (EACC), and the University Education Commission for applicants with certificates from foreign universities; and any of the credit offices.

Candidates nominated as chairman of IEBC Former Chief Registrar of Judicial Department Anne Amadi, former Constitutional Committee Chairman Charles Nyachae, Abdulqadir Lorot Ramadhan, Edward Katama Ngeywa (PWD), Erastus Edung Ethekon, Francis Kakai Kissinger, Jacob Ngwele Muvenee, Magene Linji, Robert Ngwele, Jomgene Linji. Akumu Asembo, and Saul Simiyu Wasilwa.

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105 prospective commissioners will be interviewed for almost one month between March 27 and April 24.

At the same time, citizens were invited to submit a statement on the conduct of applicants.

The names of the graduates will be sent to the President William Ruto and later the national parliament for approval.

All of this is for the preparation of the IEBC before the 2027 elections.

In addition, there are small votes that have been awaited in constituencies and counties for over two years now, as there is no commission to oversee such a minority election.

Meanwhile, the commission's secretariat recently revealed that it would require at least 61.7 billion KSh from the Treasury to organize the 2027 general election.

How does the IEBC plan to spend KSh 61 billion?

Part of the funds would also be directed, among other reasons, access to new electoral resources, technology improvement and payment of employees in charge of electoral processes from low to national level.

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IEBC Deputy Chief Executive Officer Obadiah Keitany told the committee that the bill had also been upgraded due to estimates of new participants on the voters list.

He said the commission expects to register more than five million new voters before the 2027 elections.

Of the KSh 61.7 billion, KSh 7 billion will be purchased for new KIEMS equipment, approximately 43,000 of them, and the other KSh 7 billion for compensation of ballot officers.

That amount will be an increase from the cost of the 2022 general election.

The election cost taxpayer KSh 40.9 billion.

Then the late IEBC chair Fula chebikati He felt that the cost of elections in the country rises uncontrollably in every general election.

Kenya is known to be among the countries with expensive options; The election process involves six election positions, so quote of six pieces.

In its 2022 election estimates, the commission was supposed to spend KSh 40.3 billion for electoral activities, such as voter registration.

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An amount of KSh 588 million would be used to purchase products such as heat gaming, sanitizer, soaps and bathrooms, which were important considering that preparations were preceded by a disaster Covid-19.

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