Chebukati, ex-IEBC commissioners among those to appear before National Dialogue Committee

Immediate former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Committee (IEBC) Chairperson Wafula Chebukati, his former vice Juliana Cherera and five commissioners are scheduled to appear before the National Dialogue Committee on Thursday.

Chebukati, Cherera and commissioners Abdi Guliye, Boya Molu, Francis Wanderi, Irene Masit and Justus Nyang’aya will make submissions before the committee leading bi-partisan talks between the ruling Kenya Kwanza Alliance and the opposition Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition party.

The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties, the Council of Governors, the National Cohesion and Integration Commission, the Media Council of Kenya and Amnesty International are also set to appear before the committee.

Others are Transparency International and the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research Analysis.

The 10-member dialogue committee is deliberating issues the opposition has with President William Ruto’s administration. Thursday’s proceedings will be held at the Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi.

The dialogue committee signed its framework agreement on August 30, giving it 60 days to hold talks and submit a report to Parliament.

Among the issues on the table for the team are the high cost of living which Azimio has made its priority agenda, an audit of the 2022 General Election and the bipartisan reconstitution of the IEBC.

Kenya Kwanza on the other hand has listed the reconstitution of the IEBC as its priority agenda, alongside the implementation of the two-third gender rule and the entrenchment of the Constituency Development Fund in the law.