The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission chairperson Wafula Chebukati has said the Supreme Court verdict on the presidential petition has vindicated the commission.
In a press statement Monday evening, Chebukati said despite intimidation and assault of the commission staff including himself, the court's decision has proven that they conducted the August 9 general election in accordance to the law.
"The Supreme Court judgment today is a testimony that the commission conducted a free, fair, transparent and credible general election that met the democratic aspirations of the people of Kenya," Chebukati said.
"The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission is finally vindicated," he added.
The IEBC had been listed as a respondent in the just concluded presidential petition where it was accused of a myriad of contraventions by the petitioners.
Among them was the commission deployed a technology that did meet the standards of integrity, verifiability, security and transparency to guarantee accurate and verifiable results.
The commission was also accused of interfering with uploading and transmission of forms 34A from polling stations to the IEBC public portal.
The petitioners also wanted Chebukati dismissed as the commission chair and barred from conducted future elections. All the allegations were dismissed by the court.
The chair condemned the attacks, ethnic profiling and assault that was meted on IEBC staff some of whom lost their lives.
He said working for the IEBC shouldn't be a death sentence.
"To date, no one has been arrested for this crimes committed against the Commission and its staff. As it stands, no human rights and and civil society organisation have condemned these heinous acts," Chebukati said.
He said going forward, the commission will engage stakeholders on their feedback on the post-election evaluation exercise which will inform areas of improvement.
