Just hours after the appointment of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) selection panel, Chief Justice Martha Koome issued a strong statement to the government concerning the commission's operations.
Speaking during the swearing-in of the nine panellists, who were appointed on Monday morning, Koome urged key stakeholders and the government to allow the IEBC to operate independently without political interference. ''Strong institutions are the bedrock of our democracy.
The IEBC, like all constitutional commissions, must be allowed to function independently, free from political or external interference,'' Koome asserted. According to Koome, for the nation to move forward, institutions like IEBC must be allowed to serve without favouring certain personal interests that have crippled their functioning in the past.
Chief Justice Martha Koome with the nine-member IEBC selection panel at the Supreme Court building after the swearing-in, in Nairobi on January 27, 2025.
