Shower accolades on the four commissioners
The lawyers representing the four commisioners that is; Irene Masit, Juliane Cherera, Francis Wanderi and Justus Nyang’aya have told the judiciary to shower accolades on the four commissioners.
Led by Senior Counsel Paul Muite, he informed the judiciary that the four took a bold step and their prayer of a nullification should be answered because they were the majority.
Paul Muite argued that The independent electoral and boundaries commission chairman, Wafula Chebukati usurped his position as the chair. He did not give a platform for his fellow commissioners to air their views.
He said,”They found themselves working in an environment where the executive authority presided in the chairman.”
Lawmaker Apollo Mboya also echoed Paul Muite saying that the four came out to shed light on the shady business that was being conducted at the Bomas of Kenya.
He further outlined that the four officials should be given major gratitude for standing by the truth regardless.
He said,”We request the court to find a paragraph to shower accolades on the four commissions for blowing the whistle to the infraction of our constitution.”
Lawyer Paul Muite went ahead to reveal that the four resented Wafula Chebukati as early as April but they did not inform the public to keep a clean front.
He said,”They did not want the fights to be public for fear of eroding the public confidence in the IEBC during the electioneering.”
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Paul Muite continued that despite the efforts of the four commissioners to remain united, they were not ready to break the law.
He said,”Although they were willing to tolerate corporate governance, they were not ready to do that with serious COK violations.”
Lawyer Muite further said that the commissioners were sidelined that’s why they were against the last result.
He said,”The commissioners were clear they had a role to play. They protested against final results before it was proved the winner met the threshold.”
“The correct position is that the commission continued as a corporate entity but had serious governance issues.”lawyer Issa.