The Cherera Four group of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission was operating on behalf on the Azimio la Umoja coalition.
This is according to bookings and CCTV footage that has been presented before a tribunal that was formed to investigate their conduct.
According to a report on this evidence that appeared in the Daily Nation on Wednesday, the Cherera Four group that comprises of IEBC commissioners Juliana Cherera, Justus Nyang’aya, Francis Wanderi and Irene Masit was booked into the high end Yaya Apartments by the Azimio la Umoja coalition shortly after they left Bomas and made a shocking presser at Serena Hotel.
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The report says that while at this apartment, the Cherera Four were regularly visited by high ranking members of the coalition.
The bookings were allegedly done by an individual who has been identified as Edwin Ong’o ng’a Ogwe.
A letter from the apartments show that the Cherera Four checked in at around 8.36 pm accompanied by bodyguards and other individuals.
“The four guests were identified as IEBC commissioners, and two went to the apartments as one of the bodyguards and two other commissioners passed by the reception for the check-in process. They were, however, unwilling to provide their details,” the letter quotes.
Mr. Ogwe is reported to have visited the apartments the following day on August 16 to confirm payments for the rooms booked for the commissioners.
The commissioners are reported to have stayed at the hotel until August 19 when they left at around 3pm.
The report in the Daily Nation says that the Yaya Apartments has released the visitors’ book, the log-in details as well as CCTV footage and identity of some of the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya leaders who visited the commissioners at the apartments and payment vouchers.
The Azimio officials who visited the Cherera Four allegedly included the secretary-general of a party in the coalition, the personal assistant of one of the party leaders who is also a member of the Azimio Council, as well as a leading operative in the outfit’s executive council.
