Four petitions filed in Parliament to have IEBC commissioners Juliana Cherera, Justus Nyangaya, Francis Wanderi and Irene Massit removed from office
The Kenyan Parliament has received petitions seeking the removal of four IEBC commissioners from office.
National Assembly speaker Moses Wetangula confirmed on Tuesday that his office was in receipt of the petitions by the Republican Party, Dennis Nthumbi, Geoffrey Lagat and Owuor Steve Jerry.
He committed the petitions to the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, formally kick-starting the process of their removal from office.
The committee has 14 days to assess the evidence submitted by the petitioners to see if it meets the threshold for Parliament to compel the president to form a tribunal.
Four petitions seeking removal of 4 IEBC commissioners have been presented before the Kenya National Assembly. JLAC has 14 days to decide if Juliana Cherera, Irene Masit, Francis Wanderi and Justus Nyagaya have to be removed from office – vide a Tribunal to be appointed by President Ruto
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commissioner vice chairperson Julian Chera, who led a mutiny at the commission, is targeted for ejection.
Others are commissioners Justus Nyangaya, Francis Wanderi, and Irene Masit.
The Republican Party wants the four commissioners who rejected the final presidential results kicked out of office over gross misconduct.
Nthumbi wants the commissioners removed from office for demonstrating open bias after attempting to alter the presidential results to force a run off.
Lagat wants to commissioners removed from office over gross violation of the law.
