When Cecil Miller was proposed as the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) chairman, I thought at last we can have a young person at the helm of an important nation’s docket, little did I know how hard his confirmation would be than I thought.

The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) settled on Cecil Miller as the IIEC chair after serious consultations but parliament has the last say whenever an ‘important’ matter is the subject of discussion. And parliament decided – Cecil was not fit for the job so the PSC was back to the drawing board.

It was outright that the Members of parliament refusal to stamp Cecil as the IIEC chairman depended on which party you belong.

One MP (woman) who had earlier supported the PSC agenda dismissed Cecil as a wife batterer hence not fit to hold a public office.

Was Cecil judged wrongly?

In my own view Cecil is the right candidate for this job, he has the wits and he is young, what youth leaders do we talk about if such people would not be given a chance to work?.

Currently, if word going round would come true the PSC will still endorse Cecil as the right person for this job. It is very shameful that some leaders who complained of the dissolved ECK as rotten are in the forefront complaining and bickering that their tribesmen should be awarded the job. Were it not that we needed change then the previous body should have remained but we need this change as yesterday and the MPs should realize how serious the issue is. This should not be another battle between PNU and ODM.

Miller, who was admitted to the Roll of Advocates of the High Court of Kenya on 5 June 1996, holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Warwick and a Masters of Law Degree from the University of London, Kings College.

To be chairman of IIEC one should be a senior lawyer who qualifies to be appointed a High Court Judge.