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Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka has accused President William Ruto of using proxies to lodge court cases to delay the process of reconstituting the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

Speaking to journalists on Monday, December 9, 2024, Kalonzo said that he had nothing to do with the delay in reconstituting the electoral body.

“They have wasted a lot of time. Let them withdraw the case that is state-sponsored. That was a tactic to delay the reconstitution of the (selection) panel in the first place and then the IEBC,” Kalonzo stated.

“The ball is in William Ruto’s court to tell his proxies to withdraw the matter in the Court of Appeal.”

This comes moments after National Liberal Party (Kenya) party leader Augustus Kyalo Muli blamed the Wiper party for delaying the reconstitution of IEBC.

Speaking to a local TV station on Monday, December 9, 2024, Muli said Kalonzo was fronting Koki Muli despite him winning an election to represent Azimio in the panel.

“An election was held in the Azimio Coalition involving all the 23 parties and I won 16 against Koki Muli who got seven (votes). It’s clear nobody has ever challenged the elections,” Muli said.

However, Kalonzo says that Muli cannot represent Azimio since his party does not have parliamentary representation, which is a requirement by law.

“He knows that the party he represents does not have one member of parliament or an MCA because the law is very clear that it should be parties with representation in parliament,” Kalonzo added.

Kalonzo has also blamed National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula of delaying the process despite Azimio submitting the name of Koki Muli in time, allowing time for an appeal to be lodged in court.

The attempt to blame Wiper Party and me (for the delay) is completely hogwash. It doesn’t stand in the face of what is lawful,” he added.

The IEBC has been in limbo since the retirement of former chairperson Wafula Chebukati and commissioners Boya Molu and Abdi Guliye in January and the mass resignation of the Cherera Four; commissioners Juliana Cherera, Irene Masit, Francis Wanderi, and Justus Nyang’aya. The Cherera Four stepped down under controversial circumstances following the fallout from the 2022 general election results.