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\n <\/p>\nCommissioners confronted Marjan over an Auditor-General report that flagged governance concerns in procurement and employment, including payments to advocates and the handling of election technology.<\/p>\n
About 40 per cent of funds paid to advocates, running into hundreds of millions of shillings, were red-flagged as irregular, the sources said.\n <\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t you think your stay is not sustainable given that the entire commission has lost confidence in you?\u201d one commissioner asked during the crisis meeting, according to sources.\n<\/p>\n
Commissioners also questioned Marjan over the Kenya Integrated Elections Management System (KIEMS) kits contract.<\/p>\n
A two-year extension approved in 2024 to expire at the end of 2026 was signed unilaterally by Marjan when commissioners were not in office.\n<\/p>\n
Under IEBC\u2019s standard operating procedures, all purchases of strategic election materials\u2014including ballot papers, voter registration kits, ballot boxes and box seals\u2014must be sanctioned by commissioners.<\/p>\n
In November 2025, after new commissioners took office, Marjan attempted to extend the framework agreement to include new equipment, but the move was rejected.\n<\/p>\n
Marjan was asked why he remained in office after tendering his resignation last week Friday and whether he was negotiating an exit package within 14 days, the sources said.<\/p>\n
He was appointed CEO March 9, 2022, after serving in an acting capacity for nearly five years following the exit of former CEO Ezra Chiloba in 2017.\n<\/p>\n
Marjan oversaw one general election in his substantive role, the 2022 General Election, and managed several electoral preparations while acting CEO. <\/p>\n
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In a message to staff, Marjan said the decision followed a mutual agreement on \u201ca structured transition in the Office of the Commission Secretary\/Chief Executive Officer.\u201d<\/p>\n
He thanked staff for maintaining \u201ccontinuity, stability, and institutional readiness during a time of transition,\u201d particularly during the 2022 General Election.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been an honour to work with a professional, dedicated, and resilient team committed to the constitutional mandate of the IEBC,\u201d he wrote.\n<\/p>\n
He also expressed deep gratitude for his time at the commission, where he first served as Deputy Commission Secretary from March 2015 before assuming the top role.\n<\/p>\n
IEBC Chairperson Erastus Edung Ethekon described Marjan as a committed public servant who provided professional leadership during a critical phase of the commission\u2019s operations.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe particularly thank him for steering the Commission Secretariat during the period of absence of the Commissioners,\u201d he noted.\n<\/p>\n
The commission said the leadership transition comes as it embarks on internal reforms aimed at strengthening accountability, improving performance, and ensuring continuity in leadership.\n<\/p>\n
It assured Kenyans that the changes will not affect ongoing by-elections or preparations for the 2027 general elections and are meant to enhance efficiency, transparency, and institutional readiness.\n<\/p>\n
Marjan joined IEBC in March 2015 as Deputy Commission Secretary in charge of Support Services.\n<\/p>\n
Before IEBC, he spent more than two decades at Telkom Kenya, including as Head of Internal Audit, Investigation and Quality.<\/p>\n
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