Kenya Kwanza calls on the remaining embattle IEBC commissioners
Kenya Kwanza calls on the remaining embattle IEBC commissioners after the resignation of Justus Nyangaya
Kenya Kwanza calls on the remaining embattle IEBC commissioners after the resignation of Justus Nyangaya.
Kimani Ichung’wa, the majority leader in the National Assembly, has called the three IEBC commissioners to follow suit and resign from their positions.
Speaking during a thanksgiving ceremony at Embu University, Ichung’wa called on Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) deputy chairperson Juliana Cherera, and commissioners Irene Masit and Francis Wanderi to join Justus Nyangaya who resigned from the commission.
“I plead with you, spare Kenyans the time, spare us the money, spare us the effort please resign as Nyangaya did,” he said.
Ichung’wa did not mince words in directing his stinging remarks, stating that the three should not trust anyone who claims that protesting can spare them from removal from office through constitutional means.
He said, “Do not be misled by those who misled you earlier that they had power, they had systems and the deep state to fix elections and overturn the will of the people. We know some of them are still misleading you today that they can stage demonstrations and rallies that can stop you from being hounded out of office through constitutional means.”
He told off the opposition who have mooted protests to stop the ouster of the three said, “Protests will not lead you anywhere.”
The four commissioners rejected the results pronouncing President William Ruto as the winner of the highly charged presidential contest. They called the figures ‘opaque’ at the time.
Since then, they have dealt with a deluge of accusations and denials that set Kenya Kwanza and the Azimio La Umoja Coalition against one another.
President William Ruto and Raila Odinga are already embroiled in a public spat on the four.
The four election commissioners who are accused of misbehaving this week have been suspended by Ruto. His choice was made in response to Parliament’s request that they be removed from office.
Then he declared that a tribunal would be established to decide whether or not the four should continue in their positions.
The tribunal is headed by Justice Aggrey Muchelule and the other members of the tribunal are Carolyne Kamende Daudi, Linda Gakii Kiome, Mathew Njaramba Nyabena, and Col. (Rtd.) Saeed Khamis Saeed.
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