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Embattled IEBC Commissioner Irene Cherop Masit when she appeared before Justice and Legal Affairs Committee on August 24, 2021, for vetting. [David Njaaga, Standard]
President William Ruto did not wait for the 30-window afforded to him to sack electoral commissioner Irene Masit following a recommendation by a tribunal he formed to investigate her.
Instead, Ruto sacked her on the first day of the 30 days, citing the binding nature of the recommendation, and gravity of the decision.
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