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I escaped on boda boda, former IEBC commissioner tells team

Irene Masit before Justice Aggrey Muchelule-led tribunal at the KICD on December 23, 2022. [Silas Otieno, Standard]

A commissioner of the electoral agency who disowned President William Ruto's victory described how she fled on a boda boda under the cover of darkness.

Irene Masit, one of the four Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) top officials who refused to acknowledge the results, told the National Dialogue committee she fled the country for fear of her life.

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