Just moments after the new Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) was sworn into office, netizens intensified calls online for the recall of Members of Parliament deemed unsatisfactory by their constituents.
Reviving a discourse that began during the June 2024 protests, when attention was drawn to poorly performing lawmakers, Kenyans emphasised the need to take advantage of the reconstitution of the IEBC to initiate the recall process.
In addition to underperforming MPs, Kenyans also flagged lawmakers sponsoring Bills seen as detrimental to the common mwananchi, those suppressing human rights, and others allegedly acting at the behest of senior government officials, as candidates for removal from office.
At the height of the recall debate, Kikuyu MP and Majority Leader in the National Assembly Kimani Ichung'wah, Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris, South Mugirango MP Sylvanus Osoro, Molo MP Kuria Kimani, Belgut MP Nelson Koech, and Dagoretti North MP Beatrice Elachi were among those named for potential recall.
