IEBC Chairperson Wafula Chebukati is set to testify against three former IEBC Commissioners and Commissioner Irene Masit in tribunal hearings set to being next week.
The Justice Aggrey Muchelule-led tribunal is set to officially begin its hearings next week.
Wafula Chebukati and 7 others have been listed as lead witnesses in the case against his colleagues.
Chebukati, Commissioners Abdi Yakub Guliye, Boya Molu, and CEO Marjan Hussein Marjan are among those to testify against the four.
Others are General Manager of Yaya Apartments, General manager of Serena Hotel and a Protected Witness.
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Testify against juniors
The seven will testify against the ‘Cherera 4’ when the Tribunal Hearings officially commence hearings next Tuesday.
The four are accused of meeting high-profile Azimio operatives at Yaya Apartments between 15th and 17th August in rooms number 21, 23 and 27.
But in a replying affidavit, Commissioner Masit is accusing the tribunal for “obtaining what is purported to be her entry into a public hotel as though entering into such a facility is criminal or nefarious.”
Masit has dismissed the entire investigation process as a legal charade.
She says that from inception it is a disdain of the constitution, standing orders, and established law.
Masit faults the tribunal for proceeding on a petition “with no substance and in a different form, character, and content from the different petitions. “
Commissioner Masit argues that the Parliamentary Departmental Committee’s findings were full of bias, irrationality, and impartiality in that its chairman Gitonga Murungara failed to disclose that he was part of the ruling party UDA’s legal team.
She further accuses the tribunal of introducing evidence that was tendered in the Supreme Court presidential petition yet the court’s decision is final, conclusive, and binding.
Masit insists that she will not resign like her three colleagues but will face the tribunal to clear her name.
Commissioners Juliana Cherera, Francis Wanderi and Justus Nyangaya opted to resign from the commission rather than face the tribunal
