Plan By Kenya Kwanza To Remove Cherera, 3 IEBC Commissioners Begins

Farmers Party leader and former Devolution PS, Irungu Nyakera, formally submitted the petition to have the quartet axed

Marvin Chege Marvin Chege
Sep 9, 2022 - 13:03 Updated: Sep 9, 2022 - 13:04
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Plan By Kenya Kwanza To Remove Cherera, 3 IEBC Commissioners Begins
IEBC Vice-chair, Juliana Cherera during a press address at Serena Hotel in Nairobi. /FILE

Farmers Party, an affiliate party of the Kenya Kwanza Alliance, has petitioned Parliament to kick out the four breakaway Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners led by vice-chair, Juliana Cherera.

The party revealed in a statement on Friday, September 9 that it wants Cherera, Justus Nyang’aya, Francis Wanderi and Irene Masit ousted for an attempt to disrupt the August 9 presidential elections.

Farmers Party leader and former Devolution PS, Irungu Nyakera, formally submitted the petition to have the quartet axed, a petition the National Assembly will deliberate over before presenting it to the President for further action.

All IEBC commissioners meet candidates from areas where election was postponed at Bomas of Kenya on August 22, 2022. /DAILY NATION

“Farmers Party has presented to the National Assembly a petition for the removal of 4 commissioners of IEBC following the attempt by the said commissioners to sabotage an election process as witnessed on August 15, 2022, at Bomas of Kenya.

“The 4 IEBC commissioners are Juliana Cherera, Irene Masit, Justus Nyang’aya and Francis Wanderi. Once the petition is deliberated by the National Assembly, the petition will be presented to the President for appointment of a tribunal for the removal of the commissioners,” read part of the statement.

The party additionally accused the four of gross violation of the Constitution and a breach of their oath of office, which makes their status, according to them, illegal to hold office.

"Farmers Party believes that this petition to the National Assembly is critical to entrenching the critical value of the IEBC in the growth of democracy and guiding the code of conduct by IEBC officials in subsequent elections," the party added. 

Garissa Town MP, Aden Duale had promised that the four commissioners who clashed with IEBC chairperson Wafula Chebukati will not go unpunished. He poked holes at their recent statement which saw them accept the Supreme Court verdict that validated William Ruto's win in the August 9 general elections.

In the same capacity, they supported Chebukati's statement that revealed that the elections were free and fair, hours after the apex court vindicated the commission.

Duale, while terming the statement as "an abuse to the Kenyan People" added that the actions of the four IEBC commissioners, Justus Nyang’aya, Francis Wanderi, Irene Masit and Cherera, had almost thrown the country to chaos.

"What a change of tune! These are the same Commissioners who almost took this country into a crisis as they purported to make false claims not only against the IEBC Chair but of an election that they themselves oversaw to the end but on realising their "masters" had failed they purported to create confusion at the 11th hour. These are the same Commissioners who took Kenyans for a ride as they appeared in media conferences with the 0.01% embrassing circus in what they called "mathematical absurdity".

"These are the same Commissioners who looked straight to the cameras without blinking and made false statements that the elections were opaque and a one man show just to discredit the electoral process and overturn the clear win of our President-Elect., H.E William Samoei Ruto," Duale noted in part.

Side by side image of IEBC Vice-chair, Juliana Cherera and Aden Duale. /FILE

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