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The members became suspicious after the Chairman turned up for the public participation session on electoral laws without fellow Commissioners.
The MPs stated that the document the Chebukati showed up with was only signed by the Chairman creating doubt on whether the other commissioners had endorsed it.
It was at this point when the legislators asked him to leave and return with the other oficials of the electoral body at 7 pm. IEBC Chairman
The IEBC Chairman was expected to lead the Commission to reject proposed electoral law amendments pushed by President Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Party.
The Commission was to present its memorandum of opposition to the Joint Select Committee holding public hearings on the contentious changes.
Among the changes in the amendments is drastically reducing the powers of the IEBC chairman when it comes to declaring the winner in a presidential election.
IEBC was expected to urge MPs and senators not to look for quick fixes but instead undertake a comprehensive review of electoral laws after the October 26 presidential election.
"The commission believes that instead of targeting the (IEBC) chair or any individual while amending the law, Jubilee should wait for the election to be done and a comprehensive review undertaken. In fact,we believe the chair's position should be made executive since commissioners are involved in operational issues," another commissioner stated.
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