Embattled Masit alleges threats, says security and car withdrawn

IEBC Commissioner Irene Masit during a past media briefing at the Bomas of Kenya. [Jonah Onyango, Standard

After months of bickering, threats and accusations over the fate of the four 'rebel' electoral commissioners, the final purge has started.

Yesterday, Irene Masit, the only commissioner in the "Cherera Four" now left in the electoral commission, chose the risky option of fighting to the end even as her three colleagues threw in the towel in exchange of some form of freedom from public ridicule.