Four Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners who dissented the declaration of Willliam Ruto as president-elect are set to file separate affidavits to support their mathematical error claims in the petition filed by former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga.
Speaking to Nation Africa on Thursday, August 25, one of the commissioners - who sought anonymity - revealed that the move was informed by Raila's petition where each of them is named a respondent.
The commissioner insisted that they were filing the affidavits in their capacity as serving IEBC officials and not as private citizens.
The four dissenting Commissioners are vice chairperson Juliana Cherera, Justus Nyang’aya, Francis Wanderi and Irene Masit.
“We have already identified our lawyers and given them directives. We need our own lawyers because the prayers Raila Odinga has given to the court in relation to the case are different from what we have been listed to answer,” he stated.
Further, the Commissioner refuted claims that they were in collision with the Azimio la Umoja team, adding that they were independent and non-partisan in the electoral process.
The IEBC official added that they were ready to testify in the Supreme Court should they be asked to do so by the 7-bench Judge led by Chief Justice Martha Koome.
“We will always stand with the truth and that’s why we need to have our own lawyers."
In Raila's petition, the four petitioners are named as respondents alongside IEBC Chairperson, Wafula Chebulati, commissioners Abdi Guliye and Boya Molu.
Chebukati, Guliye and Bolu were at the Bomas of Kenya during the declaration of Ruto as the president-elect.
Cherera and her team had dissented the victory of Ruto over claims that there was a mathematical error in calculating the percentages of votes received by the four presidential candidates.
As per the four, the total percentages of the four candidates surpassed the 100 mark by 0.01 per cent.
