"The IEBC did its best in the just-concluded elections with results relayed in the public portal as they came in with Kenyans being in a position to tabulate and get the correct figures, I salute IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati and call him the hero of this election for resisting threats and intimidation to subvert the will of the people," said Ruto.
The Farmers Party, through a petition by Chege and Sang Company Advocates, avers that the four commissioners' differences with Chebukati and the boycotting of the official declaration of the Presidential results breached the law and their duties considering that they are public officers.
The party accused the rebel commissioners of swearing affidavits based on falsehoods, a position the Supreme Court upheld.
IEBC faced a crisis in April 2018 when Commissioners Connie Nkatha Maina, Margaret Mwachanya and Paul Kurgat resigned citing a lack of confidence in Chebukati's leadership while Commissioner Roselyn Akombe quit seven days before the October 2017 repeat presidential election.
"As I prepare to exit as the Chairman of the IEBC in January 2023, I am proud that I have performed my duties as spelt out in the Constitution, I am very grateful to Kenyans for having accorded me an opportunity to serve in this challenging role, I will leave the office with my head high knowing that I did what was expected of me," said Chebukati.
The dissenting commissioners were forced to eat humble pie after the Supreme Court upheld President Ruto's victory.
Garissa Township MP Aden Duale said that even though the four IEBC Commissioners had accepted the outcome of the Supreme Court ruling they will be held accountable since their actions could have led to a state of anarchy.
"The four Commissioners will be held liable for every action they took immediately after the election results were declared, their activities could have put the country into flames, they cannot be allowed to walk away scot-free, they will be subjected to due process," said Duale.
The four commissioners had declared the presidential results a mathematical absurdity arguing that with the total aggregation exceeding 100 per cent, more than 142,000 votes were unaccounted for.
Their position was that the total number of registered voters, the total number of votes cast, and the total number of votes rejected were not indicated making the final vote tally lack a critical ingredient.