No, neither IEBC Commissioner Prof Guliye nor CEO Hussein Marjan have gone against Chebukati - iVerify Kenya

No, neither IEBC Commissioner Prof Guliye nor CEO Hussein Marjan have gone against Chebukati

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There has been no official statement indicating that the two commissioners have decided to testify against Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebukati, but as of August 27, 2022, Chebukati and commissioner Abdi Guliye noted in separate affidavits submitted before the Supreme Court that IEBC Vice Chairperson Juliana Cherera asked the electoral body boss to moderate the results in favor of a run-off.

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Verified Aug, 30 2022

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IEBC Commissioner Prof. Guliye and CEO Hussein Marjan have joined the four other dissenting Commissioners in their opposition to the presidential election outcome announced by IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati.

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The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and established that it is False.

To arrive to this conclusion, the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process. We discovered all Presidential Petition 2022 documents filed at the Supreme Court as of August 28, 2022 were shared in a tweet on The Judiciary’s twitter account, attached from Google drive, and IEBC Commissioner Prof. Guliye and CEO Hussein Marjan were not mentioned with the other four Commissioners who fell out with Chebukati.

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