Vice-chair Juliana Cherera and commissioners Francis Wanderi and Justus Nyang'aya resigned after Ruto's Kenya Kwanza coalition in parliament launched an investigative tribunal into allegations of misconduct during the election and suspended them (Dispatches 5/12/22 Ruto hits back at dissident electoral commissioners)...
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IEBC commissioners Juliana Cherera Justus Nyang'aya Irene Masit and Francis Wanderi will remain out of office pending investigation by a tribunal chaired by Justice Aggrey Muchelule...
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However Ruto's Kenya Kwanza alliance is in the process of launching parliamentary petitions to kick out the four dissident commissioners Juliana Cherera Justus Nyang'aya Francis Wanderi and Irene Masit on charges that they violated the constitution and their oaths of office...
Chief Justice Martha Koome's summing up statement pointed to the failure of the four dissenting commissioners led by deputy IEBC chair Juliana Cherera to provide substantive evidence and explanations why they were party to the verification and vote tallying process until moments before the official announcement by Chebukati...
The argument between IEBC Chair Chebukati backed by two of the seven commissioners and Vice-Chair Juliana Cherera backed by three commissioners turns on constitutional law and personal integrity...
The four dissenting electoral commissioners – Vice-Chair Juliana Cherera and commissioners Irene Masit Francis Wanderi and Justus Nyang'aya – face allegations from IEBC Chair Wafula Chebukati that amount to treason and are likely to seek their own legal representation...
Minutes before Chebukati's announcement four of the seven commissioners on the IEBC including deputy chair Juliana Cherera disavowed Chebukati's decision...
