The vice chairperson Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Juliana Cherera and the three other commissioners who disagreed with Wafula Chebukati’s announcement of presidential election results have dismissed Chebukati’s claims that they pushed for a run-off.
This comes after Chebukati accused the four commissioners of pushing for a run-off in the presidential election.
The four dissenting commissioners said Chebukati’s allegations were misleading as the commission did not seek to moderate the election result.
“At no point did the Commission seek to moderate election results but rather requested that a proper verification as envisaged by the Constitution be carried out,” read a statement by the four commissioners.
In the statement, the dissenting commissioners maintained that Chebukati acted alone to disregard the Constitution and subvert the will of a majority of Kenyans.
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“The chairman turned the Commission into a one-man show circus in an attempt to subvert the Constitution, electoral laws and will of the people,” the four said.
They also criticised Chebukati for postponing the gubernatorial elections in Kakamega and Mombasa counties without consulting with them terming the move as a total disregard for the law.
“It is unknown how this decision was arrived at and with whom the Chairman consulted as it came as a shock,” they said.
