US EditionKenyan president approves new officials to head elections body
- Kenya's President William Ruto has approved a new chairperson and six commissioners for the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission for the next four years, as stated in a legal notice.
- The new officials will serve for four years and were due to be sworn in on Friday, according to the notice issued late on Thursday.
- Ruto previously suspended four election commissioners in December 2022 following disputes over election results, which were later upheld by the Supreme Court.
- The commission had been without leadership since 2023 after the terms of the former officials expired.
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Kenyan president approves new officials to head elections body
Kenya's President William Ruto has approved a new chairperson and commissioners to head the elections commission, a legal notice showed, filling positions of critical influence in a country with a long history of contentious polls.
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