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IEBC Appoints Ezra Simiyu as New CEO

IEBC Appoints Ezra Simiyu as New CEO
IEBC Appoints Ezra Simiyu as New CEO

NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 12 โ€“ The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has appointed Ezra Chiloba Simiyu as the Secretary and CEO to replace James Oswago.

The announcement was made on Monday night following a rigorous recruitment exercise by a consulting company.

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โ€œFollowing a thorough recruitment process the IEBC has today, 12 January 2015 appointed Mr EZRA CHILOBA SIMIYU as the Commission Secretary/CEO of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) having emerged as the most successful candidate in the interviews,โ€ the commission chairman Issack Hassan said in a statement.

Simiyu has been serving as the Deputy Team Leader, DAI (Drivers of Accountability). He has previously served as Governance Analyst/Project Manager for UNDP Kenya.

He holds a Master of Arts degree in Public Policy from the Central European University and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Nairobi and is a senior fellow at the Policy House and a member of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK).

Chiloba was picked from a shortlist of four candidates who include the commissionโ€™s acting CEO Beatrice Nyabuto, Dickson Omondi of the National Democratic Institute and Erastus Ethekon of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Simiyu replaces Oswago whose term ended.

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He is however, battling charges of irregular procurement process in purchasing electoral materials for the 2013 general elections.

Source-capitalfm.co.ke

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