Muchelule’s Tribunal Recommends Removal Of Masit As IEBC Commissioner
The Tribunal set up to probe the conduct of four IEBC commissioners has recommended the removal of commissioner Irene Masit after it found her guilty of several electoral misconduct allegations.
The four IEBC Commission are vice chair Juliana Cherera and Francis Mathenge Wanderi, Justus Abonyo Nyang’aya and Irene Masit.
However, by December 9, 2022, three of the four Commissioners had resigned leaving Masit at the Commission.
The tribunal led by Justice Aggrey Muchelule, Judge of the Court of Appeal recommended to President William Ruto that Commissioner Irene Cherop Masit be removed from office as a member of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.
“The findings derived from the investigations have satisfied the Tribunal that Ground Nos. (1 & 2) have been proved to the standard required to recommend, which we hereby do, that the remaining Commissioner Irene Cherop Masit be removed from office,” the tribunal said in a letter signed by Justice Muchelule.
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