Senior Counsel Paul Muite says the four IEBC commissioners led by Vice Chairperson Juliana Cherera stormed out of the Bomas of Kenya to protest the presidential results that Chairperson Wafula Chebukati was about to declare.
Muite, who is one of the lawyers representing the four IEBC commissioners, on Friday told Supreme Court judges that the four were denied the opportunity to verify the validity of results received from 27 constituencies.
He was responding to a question by Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu, who sought to understand why the four commissioners walked out in protest just before Chebukati announced the final presidential results on August 15th.
“Before the four commissioners walked out of Bomas the posting of results on the screen had ceased. All they wanted is to be given the opportunity to peruse the results of these 27 constituencies so as to satisfy themselves on the winner of the election,” Muite submitted.
“Whether that winner had reached the constitutional threshold of 50+1 is all they wanted to know.”
The counsel further told the court that Cherera and commissioners Irene Masit, Francis Wanderi, and Justus Nyang’aya asked Chebukati to reinstate the public screening of the results which had earlier been stopped but he declined, prompting them to leave the premises and disown the election results.
“When that was denied they had no option but to refuse to be a party to the violation of the constitution. So as I sit down, let this record show that the results announced was not a declaration of the commission. They were the majority, they didn’t support it and therefore they asked for nullification of that declaration,” said Muite.
Lawyer Issa Mansur echoed Muite’s sentiments, stating that Chebukati had the opportunity to announce the results from the 27 constituencies on the morning of August 15th.
“The failure to announce those results in a respective view triggered the scuffles and protests at Bomas. The commission continued acting as a corporate entity but it had serious governance issues and this is confirmed by the fact that they were able to deliver a general election. It is only when the chairperson took unilateral decisions in the name of the commission that the problems started,” said Mansur.
In their affidavits, the four commissioners said their verbal protests dated back as far as April 2022, with the commissioners hiding their frustrations from the public for fear of eroding public confidence in the IEBC ahead of the elections.
They cited a memo to Chebukati dated April 12th, 2022, where commissioners Cherera, Nyang’aya, and Wanderi protested being blocked from corporate decision-making in the areas of policymaking and oversight.
KING OF CORRUPTION GIVEN…
KING OF CORRUPTION GIVEN OPPORTUNITY WILL MAKE THAT NEGRO LAND SEWAGE NON WILL LIKE TO BE CLOSE TO STENCH
Piki piki Ponki Donki; Paka…
Piki piki Ponki Donki; Paka wewe Mielo Disco! People who Write in CAPITAL letters (like you) Suffer from INFERIORITY Complex. They have to Carry and Brag themselves for NOTHING to Show off. All they do is Stand tall in CAPITAL letters.
Kenyan economy will…
Kenyan economy will definitely go to the dogs very soon. Inflation, exchange rates , cost of living will all skyrocket.
Exactly ?. Especially if …
Exactly ?. Especially if @Rotten’s WSR?arap Mashamba (King of Corruption) takes Over.
Bwana Muite, why destroy…
Bwana Muite, why destroy your good name and reputation while you are just about to meet your maker!?! You don’t have to represent criminals and lie in a court of law! Shameful
But I am certain that Satan will forgive you, regardless!
Numbers can Tell that Muite…
Numbers can Tell that Muite is Right; because his Maker? is Always right. Meanwhile: Your master? is a Thief, Killer, and Destroyer of DEMOCRACY and the People (like Raila) who Fight for it. Wacha arap Mashamba aende Kwako or Mashambani.
Bwana muite- your clients…
Bwana muite- your clients and their arguments shows how juvenile they are. They are the most un-patriotic/ingrates Kenya has ever had. Did you say they had a problem being “assigned chores?” Muite- presidential elections happens/ has happened- thank God after every 5 yrs. Exactly what do they do over all those times there is no election? knitting? playing “mbanya vice chair would not win-she will be hit quite easily”. Presidential election is a special event at the IEBC just like graduation day in a university! On that day the VC becomes the chief receptionist- you see him running to meet invited VIPs- The DVCs become the mkono people- they almost become waiters at the refreshment room- it is how we work everywhere in the world- special occasions are not appointments! You have seen presidents become pallbearers in a funeral! The CJ can be a maid of honor in a wedding of her beloved colleague- how does that lower her standing? Your clients have such a low IQ they need help. Some of the observers of he election were former PRESIDENTS! Who would have met them if not senior commissioners? Is that an appointment- how does that lower them? It is painful at this point to watch what greed/lust/ demonic brain capture can do that people like muite cannot appreciate how close his clients came to causing chaos in a fragile country which despite all investment in education seem to have very gullible people- Thank God Kenyans have matured and with the prayers of the saints saw through the schemes of uhuru and decided not to shed a drop of blood of innocent brothers/sisters on behalf of satanic ingrates who feel they are owed by everyone else- Keep peace dear Kenyans/ love one another – your neighbour is all you have.
I wish some tumutu explain…
I wish some tumutu explain/clarify the situation in Kenya today.Corrupt Kenya has been broke and in a mess since the days of Moi.Kibaki would have revived Kenya but instead of enforcing the law,he made it worse by signing for nusu mkate govt after savage Raila killed & cannibalized 1300 Kenyans in 2008.Jambazi Kibaki was at it again by signing the most expensive katiba in the world in 2010.It took corruption to the grassroots by multiplying every EVIL by 48 times in a country whose only resources are CORRUPTION & LOANS TO LOOT AFTER SALARIES.
I hope the four who stormed…
I hope the four who stormed out should not have been paid for that day.You cannot walk out on your boss and expect things to be normal when you come back,before resolving the problematic issue…
Death is near, relax!
Death is near, relax!
Wah, si amezeeka
Wah, si amezeeka