{"id":1514,"date":"2026-03-13T13:41:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:41:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:41:41","slug":"the-liberal-democratic-party-ldp-expresses-serious-concern-about-the-recent-appointment-of-mr-moses-sunkuli-as-acting-chief-executive-officer-of-the-independent-electoral-and-boundaries-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=1514","title":{"rendered":"The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) expresses serious concern about the recent appointment of Mr. Moses Sunkuli as Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Desk\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\nThe Chairperson and Commissioners
\nIndependent Electoral and Boundaries Commission<\/p>\n

Anniversary Towers
\nNairobi, Kenya
\nDear Sir\/Madam<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Advance copy via mail:info@iebc.or.ke
\nRE: Concerns on Institutional Independence and the Appointment of Mr. Moses Sunkuli as Acting CEO of IEBC.<\/p>\n

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) expresses serious concern about the recent appointment of Mr. Moses Sunkuli as Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
\nOur concerns are not directed at any individual, but at the Commission’s institutional<\/p>\n

integrity, independence, and public credibility, particularly at a time when the country must
\nsafeguard confidence in its electoral processes ahead of future elections.<\/p>\n

\nIt is publicly known that before this appointment, Mr. Sunkuli served as Director of Voter Registration and Election Operations, a department directly responsible for planning
\nelection operations and initiating procurement processes for critical electoral materials,including ballot papers. Given this role, his directorate was central to procurement procedures
\nthat have since raised legal and governance questions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of particular concern is Contract No. IEBC\/OIT\/002\/21\/2021\/2022, a framework agreement
\nsigned in November 2021 with a legally fixed maximum duration of three years. Upon expiry,
\nthe contract ceased to exist in law and could not legally be renewed or relied upon without proper authority.<\/p>\n

However, available information indicates that ballot papers for the 27
\nNovember 2025 by-election were procured under this expired contract.
\nSuch procurement processes typically require initiation, specification approvals, and operational acceptance from the user department previously headed by Mr. Sunkuli.
\nConsequently, elevating an officer directly linked to these processes to the position of Acting
\nCEO, while questions remain unresolved, risks creating a perceived conflict of interest,
\nparticularly where the same office may now supervise reviews or accountability processes
\nrelated to those decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The New Desk\u00a0 The Chairperson and Commissioners Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Anniversary Towers Nairobi, Kenya Dear Sir\/Madam Advance copy via mail:info@iebc.or.ke RE: Concerns on… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,42,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-updates","category-news","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1517,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions\/1517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}