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Wafula Chebukati issued a statement after President William Ruto advertised his job. 

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairperson Wafula Chebukati has issued a statement after President William Ruto advertised his job. 

In a statement on Sunday, October 23, Chebukati welcomed Ruto's decision stating that this would facilitate a smooth transition. 

"I wish to welcome the decision to gazette impending vacancies for the positions of IEBC Chairperson and 2 Commissioners which will officially be vacant from 18/1/2023. This will ensure smooth transition and retention of institutional memory which has previously not been the case," the IEBC Chair said. 

The Head of State gazetted vacancies in the position of IEBC chairperson and two members of the electoral commission from January 17, 2023.

President William Ruto and IEBC Chair Wafula Chebukati. 

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“Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7A (2) of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Act as read with Paragraph 1 (1) of the First Schedule of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Act, I William Samoei Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces, notify of impending vacancies in the positions of Chairperson; and Two Members,” the gazette notice dated October 21, 2022, read. 

Having been appointed on January 18, 2017, the six-year non-renewable term of IEBC chairperson Wafula Chebukati and commissioners Abdi Guliye and Boya Molu lapses on January 17 next year.