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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.
When the pre-trial conference began, the tribunal established to investigate Deputy IEBC chairperson, Juliana Cherera, commissioners Justus Nyangaya, Francis Wanderi and Irene Masit was told of some pressure from some powerful sources.
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