Section 161, The Public Elections Act, 2012

(1) Every employee of the Electoral Commission shallperform his functions in a neutral and impartial manner and shall receive his instructions only from the Electoral Commission. (2) An employee of the Electoral Commission who contravenes subsection (1) and a person who causes that employee to commit the contravention shall each be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of five hundred thousand leones or to imprisonment for a term of two years.