4 IEBC Commissioners Disown Election Results, Term Final Phase Of Exercise As ‘Opaque’

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug, 15 – The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) vice chairperson Juliana Cherera, alongside commissioner, Justus Nyang’aya, Francis Wanderi and Irene Masit have distanced themselves from the just concluded presidential elections saying that they can not take ownership for the outcome.

In a statement read by Cherera on behalf of the other commissioners at Serena hotel they termed the process as ‘opaque in nature.’

“As you can see the four of us are here and not the Bomas of Kenya where the results are going to be announced because of the opaque nature of how this phase has been handled, we, therefore, can not take ownership of the results that are going to be announced,” she said.

She further said that those that do not agree with the outcome of the elections can seek legal redress.

“However we have an open door that people can go to court and because of the same we urge Kenyans to be peaceful because the rule of the law is going to prevail,”

The four commissioners hailed their tenure at the commission thus far saying that they have expected their mandate as envisaged by the constitution.

“We are part of the commissioner in the IEBC, we have conducted the 2022 general elections and we have ensured that we have improved the standards and we have ensured that we have consistently communicated what is happening,”

“We have partnered with all stakeholders and we say it for a fact that as a commission we have done a good job but some things need to be put out there,”

Cherera alongside the other commissioners refused to take questions from the journalists saying that they would issue a detailed report at a later date.