Division at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) deepened after its chairman, Wafula Chebukati, claimed that the four commissioners who contested the presidential results had unsuccessfully pushed for a re-run.
In a hard-hitting statement, Chebukati said the four had wanted him to declare that none of the four presidential candidates had obtained the required 50% plus one threshold to be declared winner, as per the constitution.
Such a move, the chairman said, would have been against the law and the commissioners’ oath of office.
The allegations are expected to raise more questions than answers over the credibility of the just concluded general election. The Azimio La Umoja flagbearer Raila Odinga has already dismissed the results that declared his main challenger William Ruto the winner as “null and void”.
Raila has vowed to seek justice in court, accusing
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