A day after the interviews for Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairperson candidates ended, the search for commissioners began in earnest on Thursday.
The commissioner candidates presented their experiences, expertise and other capabilities to steer the electoral agency and build public confidence. Six candidates appeared before the Nelson Makanda-led selection panel.
These were Abduba Mollu, Adbihakim Adan Abdi, Abdinur Maalim Hussein, Abdihafid Abdullahi Yarrow and Abraham Kipruto Langat (Nakuru), and Adhan Nuri Berhe. Past shadows and promises to restore public trust in the electoral body and delivering a free, fair and credible elections took centre-stage on day one of the interviews. The panel sought to review the past of the nominees in evaluating their credibility to serve Kenyans as IEBC commissioners. Abduba Mollu was the first to appear before the panel.
He recently led a USAID-funded evaluation support to organisations and other non-state actors offering civic education in Kenya.
