The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Selection Panel 2025 is set to face another setback after a group of petitioners filed a petition at the High Court on Monday, seeking to stop the ongoing shortlisting process due to violations of the Constitution, particularly concerning the appointment of public officers as panelists.
The petition was filed by activist Bob Njagi, Nicholas Oyoo, Felix Wambua, Halima Shariff, Florence Kanyua, Njoroge Wanjigi, and a lobby group, Free Kenya Initiatives. "Take notice that a constitutional petition challenging the establishment and operation of the Selection Panel for the Recruitment of Nominees for Appointment as the Chairperson & Members of the IEBC has been filed in the Constitutional and Human Rights Division of the High Court of Kenya as Milimani HCCHRPET No.
E050 of 2025," a notice published in one of the local dailies read in part.
In its directives, the court, presided over by Justice Lawrence Mugambi, instructed the Public Service Commission, the IEBC, and the seven members of the Selection Panel to file their written responses to the petition ahead of the hearing.
