Lawyer Files Suit Challenging Adams Oloo’s Appointment to IEBC Panel
The process of having the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in place suffered yet another setback after lawyer Apollo Mboya moved to court targeting one of the newly appointed members.
The lawyer filed a petition at the High Court challenging Professor Adams Oloo’s appointment to the IEBC Selection panel. The appointment was made by President William Ruto.
In the petition filed at the Milimani Court, lawyer Apollo Mboya argued that Oloo’s appointment was a conflict of interest since he serves as an advisor to the President.
The lawyer observed that the appointment was an affront to the principle of separation of powers and representation intended by the IEBC Act Cap 7C since he already serves as a Strategy and Communications Advisor in the Office of the President.
The petitioner further argues that Oloo cannot faithfully, impartially, and in good conscience be an independent representative of the Parliamentary Service Commission in the panel which is by law supposed to be a people’s watchdog.
According to the petition, Prof Oloo cannot purport to be a representative of the people on whose he was appointed to Act while serving as an advisor to the president, an executive arm of government.
The lawyer, therefore, wants the court to take action against the panel member before the process of vetting applicants for the positions of IEBC chairperson and commissioners begins.
