IEBC chairman Erastus Ethekon addresses the Press after a meeting with Evangelical Alliance of Kenya in Nairobi on February 4, 2026. [Benard Orwongo, StandardPressure is piling on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) —to go beyond reassurances of ‘commitment’ to conduct free, fair and credible elections in August next year. From all these, the greatest lesson for us—but the IEBC, in particular—is on getting it right in electoral affairs management. This alone takes away from the body’s reputational soundness, marking the jumping-off point of fears the country is going to the elections with an integrity-deficient umpire. Ethekon should therefore take seriously Kenyans and the United Opposition’s concerns over the IEBC’s preparedness for the task in August next year.

Source: Standard Digital February 08, 2026 21:01 UTC