Nairobi, May 4 -- Allies of President William Ruto and Opposition leader Raila Odinga closed ranks in Parliament and agreed on a raft of changes to restructure the electoral agency in a proposed legislation.

The MPs are in support of the proposed amendments by the joint parliamentary committee of the Justice and Legal Affairs in regards to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries (Amendment) Bill, 2024.

The new commissioners that will be recruited by the yet to be appointed selection panel, will come into office with a raft of changes in the electoral body.

The changes adopted by the MPs include provisions that the next IEBC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) will now serve for a four-year term, which is renewable only once.

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