The Kenya Kwanza coalition and the Azimio la Umoja coalition have formed a six-member team that will discuss the reconstitution of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
Addressing the media on Wednesday, May 17, bipartisan committee co-chair Otiende Amollo stated that the team will have three members from each side.
The Kenya Kwanza Alliance will be represented by Kakamega Senator Boni Kwalwale, Bomet Senator Hillary Sigei and Kibewzi West MP Mwengi Mutuse.
Azimio on the other hand will be represented by Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna, Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua and Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo.
“The IEBC question is a common issue to both teams, we have discussed and agreed that it’s one of the utmost importance and we will prioritize it,” said Amollo.
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Tharaka MP George Murugara who doubles up as the bipartisan committee co-chair on his part announced that they have agreed on a hybrid system that will be both inter-parliamentary and extra-parliamentary.
“The hybrid of the two means that these talks will be both parliamentary and extra-parliamentary. We will have parliament recognizing this committee as existing and doing its work as part and parcel of parliament.
"In extra-parliamentary, we will have people who are not parliamentarians coming into the talks and discussing with us issues in contention,” Murugara explained.
