The
Ethics and Anti -Corruption Commission (EACC) will have to vet Deputy Prime
Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Eldoret North MP William Ruto before they contest
in the next General Election.
This is according to the Independent
Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman, Mr Issack Hassan, who said
the two will only be blocked if they will not have been cleared by the ethics
commission.
The IEBC chairman said this will be one of
the duties handed to the EACC once the Leadership and Integrity Bill becomes
law.
“The integrity Bill will give the ethics
commission the powers to clear candidates and this is one of the documents that
we will require candidates to present once they come to seek nomination from
us,” Hassan said.
He further added that Kenyans should wait for
the outcome of a case that seeks to have the court rule on whether Mr Kenyatta
and Mr Ruto can run for elections while facing trial at the International
Criminal Court (ICC) relating to the 2007 election violence.
Hassan was speaking at a Nairobi hotel on
Thursday, after Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Eugene Wamalwa
launched the commission’s new brand identity.
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