Juliana Cherera

Juliana Whonge Cherera
Born (1976-08-26) 26 August 1976 (age 48)
Mombasa, Kenya
Alma mater
Known fordisowning the 2022 Kenyan general election results announced by the Chairman
TitleVice Chair, IEBC

Juliana Whonge Cherera[1][2] was the Vice Chair[3] at Kenya's Electoral agency IEBC until her resignation[4] on 5th Dec 2022. She became a public subject in Kenya in mid-August 2022 after leading three other commissioners Francis Wanderi, Irene Masit, and Justus Nyang’aya in disowning the 2022 Kenyan general election results read out by Chair Wafula Chebukati terming them to be 'opaque'.[5][6] The Cherera Four were Dissenting Members. They had a right under Article 17 to request a postponement of the announcement of the results, given that the commission was still within the legal time limits. Commonly referred to as The Cherera Four, history will record that they saw themselves as referees who just wanted the right things to be done right and hence earned no friends on either side of the political divide.

  1. ^ Citizen Digital, 16 Aug 2022 Who Is IEBC Vice-Chairperson Juliana Cherera?
  2. ^ The-Star, 17 Aug 2022 Get to know IEBC vice chairperson Juliana Cherera
  3. ^ The Standard, Sep 2021 Juliana Cherera elected IEBC Vice-Chairperson
  4. ^ Nation, 5 Dec 2022 Juliana Cherera resigns as IEBC vice chair days after Ruto’s suspension
  5. ^ Kenyans, 16 Aug 2022 IEBC Vice Chair Juliana Cherera Explains
  6. ^ Nation Africa, 17 Aug 2022 Juliana Cherera butt of jokes in online math debate