IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati with suspended Vice Chair Juliana Cherera at Bomas of Kenya on August 22, 2022. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is facing a rebirth with the kicking out of commissioners and passage of a new law that changes who selects the new referees.
President William Ruto yesterday suspended four commissioners of the electoral body and appointed a tribunal to investigate IEBC vice chairperson Juliana Cherera and commissioners Francis Mathenge, Irene Masit and Justus Nyang'aya.
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