Millions Chebukati, Molu, Guliye Will Get As They Leave IEBC
The trio are expected to leave office on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, having served at the electoral commission for a six-year non-renewable term.
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Outgoing Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati and commissioners Boya Molu and Abdi Guliye are set to take home millions in exit packages.
The trio are expected to leave office on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, having served at the electoral commission for a six-year non-renewable term.
Chebukati in particular has overseen two high-octane elections; the 2017 and 2022 elections, with the former's results nullified by the Supreme Court which ordered a repeat election.
“A State officer, serving or appointed for a fixed term of office, shall be paid a service gratuity at the rate of 31 per cent of the annual pensionable emoluments for the term served. For purposes of gratuity and pension, the pensionable emolument shall be based on the monthly basic salary set herein,” Salaries and Remuneration Commission, (SRC) led by Lyn Mengich, states.
Chebukati will take home Ksh12.4 million as computed from the SRC provisions on gratuity and pension for full-time constitutional commission officers while the two commissioners will each take home Ksh10.3 million.
Chebukati earned a monthly salary of Ksh554,400 without allowances, while each of the two commissioners earned a basic salary of Ksh459,113 without allowances, according to the guidelines provided by SRC on state officers in the full-time Constitutional Commissions and Independent Offices covering the Financial Years (FY) 2021/2022-2024/2025.
With the inclusion of allowances, Chebukati’s gross pay turned out to be Ksh924,000 which included a house allowance of Ksh200,000 and a salary market adjustment of Ksh169,600.
Molu and Guliye had a gross salary of Ksh765,188 which included a basic salary of Ksh459,113, a uniform Ksh150,000 house allowance and a salary adjustment of Ksh156,075.
The salaries commission defines a salary market adjustment as a salary modification that takes into account market positioning and constitutional and statutory principles on the review of remuneration and benefits.
According to SRC guidelines, for purposes of gratuity and pension, pensionable employment shall be based on the monthly basic salary and not the allowances. Chebukati as a result earned Ksh39.9 million during the six-year term while Molu and Guliye each earned Ksh33.1 million.
Chebukati was appointed as the IEBC chairperson on January 18, 2017, following his nomination a month earlier, succeeding Ahmed Issack Hassan who was ousted after a Joint Select Committee co-chaired by former Meru Senator Kiraitu Murungi and his Siaya counterpart James Orengo struck a deal with the former members of the commission to vacate office after protests led by NASA leader Raila Odinga.
The commissioners included Chairman Hassan, Lilian Mahiri-Zaja, Abdullahi Sharawe, Thomas Letangule, Mohammed Alawi, Albert Bwire, Kule Godana and Yusuf Nzibo. They were replaced by six other commissioners including Consolata Nkatha, Roselyn Akombe, Paul Kurgat and Margaret Mwachanya, who resigned after the 2017 elections.
Molu and Guliye were joined by the infamous Cherera four commissioners; Juliana Cherera (vice-chair), Justus Nyang'aya, Irene Masit and Francis Wanderi who disowned the 2022 presidential election results. Only Masit remains in the commission who is facing the Justice Muchelule-led tribunal over election malpractice after Cherera, Wanderi and Nyang'aya resigned.
"They call us three musketeers. So, they (commissioners) went into 'Siberia' but they are not telling you where I was. I was in my house, taking my cups of tea and waiting to see if anybody came to the door. Of course, nobody came," Chebukati recounted during the launch of the Post-Election Evaluation Report on January 16, 2023, regarding the aftermath of the chaos at Bomas of Kenya.
"After the Bomas announcement of the results, I recall going into "Siberia" in my own country together with commissioner Boya Molu and CEO Hussein Marjan.
"We went into hiding, had to put off our phones, leave them in Bomas, send away our security and we rode in a Toyota Noah to an unknown location. Our only contact with Kenya or the world was the TV, just to check whether you were killing each other or you were celebrating," Guliye weighed in.
The event, Chebukati's last public engagement before exiting IEBC, saw him lauded by the European Union for how he carried out his duties in the August 9 elections and Guliye advising those choosing their successors to pick wisely as it is a job that "is not for the faint of heart".
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