The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has written to President William Ruto to form a commission of inquiry to unearth the extent of state interference prior to the announcement of the presidential results in the August 2022 polls.
Outgoing IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati said the commission was highly intimated and its independence threatened by state agencies to 'moderate' the results.
He cited the National Security Council which he said attempted to influence the outcome of the election and, by extension subvert the will of the people.
The chairman said together with the commissioners and staff, they were threatened, intimidated, profiled, attacked and assaulted.
If not tamed, Chebukati said state interference will probably recur in the future thus the need to launch the inquiry.
Chebukati said high ethnic and tribal elections in Kenya, late passage of election laws and erratic funding are the main challenges he and his commissioners faced.
The chairman who is leaving office after serving for the six-year constitutional term said he was contented with the work he did at the commission.
He spoke on January 16 during the launch of the 2022 Post-Election Evaluation Report, at the Safari Park hotel.
