Ezra Chiloba, Kenyan Independent Electoral and Boundaries
Commission (IEBC) said on Friday he was taking three weeks of leave.
Opposition
demanded that Chiloba must be fired before a repeat presidential election
scheduled for Oct. 26,
The first
presidential vote in August, which gave victory to Kenyatta, was annulled
because of procedural irregularities.
Chiloba
said he had taken a personal decision to take leave in light of the
opposition’s demands, without giving more details.
He said all
arrangements were in place for the election, as ordered by the Supreme Court.
“This is
the first time I‘m taking leave since my son was born. He turns two years (old)
in two weeks’ time,” he told Reuters.
The court
annulled the first election, held in August and in which incumbent Uhuru
Kenyatta was declared the winner, over procedural irregularities.
The
opposition, led by Raila Odinga, has said it will boycott the re-run unless
several demands, including the sacking of Chiloba, are met.
Odinga met
the chairman of the IEBC board, Wafula Chebukati, on Thursday and later told
reporters that if there were serious consultations and serious reforms, the
opposition could review its boycott.
The board
has said the election will go ahead and Kenyatta has insisted the vote must be
held.
On
Thursday, the president snubbed an invitation to meet Chebukati, saying he
would instead spend the time campaigning.source:pm news.
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