Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka has written to President William Ruto moments after he received the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) nominees' report.
In his letter, Kalonzo issued a fresh set of demands over the ongoing process of appointing new IEBC commissioners, insisting there was a need for bipartisan consultations with the new-look opposition.
According to Kalonzo, failure to involve the opposition in the appointments would undermine public confidence in the commission while also posing the risk of setting up an electoral body which was partisan. "We note that today you received the report of the panel charged with recruiting persons for consideration as chairperson and members of the IEBC," Kalonzo wrote. "The law requires that the panel submit nine names for commissioners and two names for the chairperson's position." IEBC Selection Panel Chairperson Nelson Makanda following on the shortlisting interviews on March 24, 2025 Photo IEBC Selection Panel 2025 The former Vice President further alluded to the National Dialogue Committee(NADCO) report, which was adopted several months ago following months of bipartisan talks between the Kenya Kwanza government and the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition.
Kalonzo was adamant that the NADCO report calls for consultation and concurrence between the two coalitions before Ruto makes the new IEBC appointments official.
