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'We were forced to resign', three ex-IEBC commissioners claim

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Former IEBC Vice Chairperson Juliana Cherera(C) and commissioners Justus Nyang'aya (L), Irene Masiti, and Francis Wanderi addressing the press where they disowned the Presidential Results on August 15, 2022. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

Three of four former commissioners of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) have told the National Dialogue Committee that they were forced to resign.

Juliana Cherera, Francis Wanderi, and Justus Nyang'aya said that they were forced to leave office after President William Ruto appointed a tribunal led by Court of Appeal Judge Aggrey Muchelule to probe their conduct in the 2022 polls, by opting not to appear before it.

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