Four out of the seven commissioners of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) have disowned the results of the August 9th presidential election.
Addressing the media from Serena Hotel today, IEBC vice Chairperson Juliana Cherera said the IEBC had done a good job but there were divisions during the final phase of the tallying process.
“We cannot take ownership of the results that is going to announced at the Bomas of Kenya because of the opaque nature of how the process was handled,” said the deputy commissioner.
“We, therefore, cannot take ownership of results that will be announced. However, we have an open door that people can go to court and because of the same, we urge Kenyans to be peaceful because the rule of the law is going to prevail,” Cherera added.
Other commissioners accompanying Cherera include; Francis Wanderi, Justus Nyang’aya and Irene Masit.
At the declaration venue, police surged to impose calm amid shouting and scuffles before electoral commission chair Wafula Chebukati announced the official results — and said the two commissioners still there had been injured.
The sudden split in the commission came minutes after Odinga’s chief agent said they could not verify the results and made allegations of “electoral offenses” without giving details or evidence.
Meanwhile, IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati has since declared William Ruto as the winner of the presidential election after garnering 7,176,141 votes, representing 50.49 percent of the total votes cast.
Odinga didn’t come to the venue for the declaration.
