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Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebukati is poised to exit on January 20 next year, and he seems to have suffered the jinx that has befallen his predecessors.
The commission he took over in 2016 is split. On the one hand is a team of four commissioners, led by Vice-chair Juliana Cherera, which has disowned the presidential results that saw Deputy President William Ruto declared winner. He garnered 7.1 million votes (50.49 per cent) against his closest competitor Raila Odinga's 6.9 million (48.85 per cent).
On the other hand, is a three-member team standing with Mr Chebukati, whose decision to declare Ruto as the president-elect has set in motion a battle seemingly headed to the Supreme Court.
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