Four IEBC commissioners were Raila’s agents, witness
Four IEBC commissioners suspended over their conduct in the August elections were Raila's agents according to a witness who testified before the Muchelule tribunal
Four IEBC commissioners suspended over their conduct in the August elections were Raila’s agents according to a witness who testified before the Muchelule tribunal.
A tribunal established to look into the actions of four electoral agency officials heard evidence yesterday that they colluded with the leadership of Azimio during the release of the presidential results.
The second witness to testify, Geoffrey Lang’at, informed the tribunal, presided over by Justice Aggrey Muchelule, that the Cherera Four’s acts were intended to sow discord and strife that the nation would eventually burn to the ground.
Lang’at, who is one of the petitioners seeking the ouster of Irene Masit, claimed that the commissioners’ presser at Serena was a way of telling Kenyans to fight.
The tribunal heard that the press statement issued by the quartet on August 15 was similar to the one that was issued by the Azimio leadership at KICC on the same day and clips of both statements were produced before the tribunal.
“The context of the two statements were similar in so many ways; they had a similar case in every aspect which showed it was drafted by the same person,” claimed Lang’at.
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He argued that the presser at Serena and affidavits filed in court by the four commissioners were meant to ensure no good governance would be achieved after declarations of the results.
He sought to have the tribunal declare that the action of the four IEBC commissioners was in breach of Article 81 of the Constitution.
Masit’s lawyer, Donald Kipkorir, claimed that the witness did not have evidence of direct division at the commission and was only relying on the presser and affidavit.
He claimed the issues that Lang’at raised had already been canvassed at the Supreme Court and that they did not break any law when they filed an affidavit at the highest court in the land.
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