WHY BREAKAWAY COMMISSIONERS WANT PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS CANCELLED. 

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Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) breakaway commissioners senior counsel Paul Muite.

BY SAM ALFAN.

Four breakaway commissioners of the electoral body have asked the Supreme Court to nullify the August 9 presidential election stating that they do not agree with the final tally.

The four led by vice chairperson Juliana Cherera told the court that they were not part of the final declaration made by Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission chairman Wafula Chebukati.

Through senior counsel Paul Muite and Issa Mansur, the dissenting commissioners told the they walked out on Chebukati before the declaration because it was not transparent, verifiable and a credible process.

SC Muite added that the four commissioners added that they walked out after live streaming of the results stopped.

It is their claim that they walked out after being denied an opportunity to peruse and verify the results from 27 constituencies that the winning candidate and reached the 50 percent plus one vote threshold.

“When that was denied they had no option but to refuse to be party to violation of the Constitution,” Supreme Court heard.

Muite added that Cherera together Justus Nyang’aya, Francis Wanderi and Irene Masit pleaded with Chebukati to resume live streaming of the results but he declined, a move that prompted them to leave the National Tallying Centre in protest.

They claimed that the public display of results was stopped by the chairperson.

The apex Court further heard that the commission continued working as a corporate entity but had serious corporate governance issues.

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