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Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission will defend the presidential election results a divided house in the event that the petition is filed at the Supreme Court.
Four commissioners disowned the results declared by Chairman Wafula Chebukati and observers will be keen to see whether they will have a collective approach to their defence as happened during the 2017 petition. A lawyer who acted for the commission in the past petition said the division does not augur well for IEBC since it is likely to weaken their defence especially if the four commissioners decide to support the petition challenging the declaration of William Ruto as President-elect.
"It is not a good situation because we don't know how they will assemble and organise themselves to defend the petition. The division will definitely make it difficult to have a common defence of the presidential electoral process," said the lawyer.
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