[wanabidii] FOOL PROOF BALLOTS – WILL KENYA HAVE FAIR & FREE ELECTIONS?

As Kenya enters the home stretch of this political season, assuming reason fails to prevail as the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission (IEBC) ignores overwhelming public reservations and court rulings against the commission's conduct and instead proceeds with the general elections on August 8, 2017 anyway, the chances of having free, transparent and fair elections are slim to none. It will be an indelible error of judgment on IEBC's part after being extended multiple lifelines by the courts to change course and repeatedly fighting against the tide. IEBC has squarely positioned itself as the villain that always jinxes the country's fortunes and makes former President Moi's reign was a benign democracy where elections were fair. In the current environment the IEBC & the courts conundrum means will take a herculean effort to conduct free and fair elections and I still insist that the elections should be postponed.… Continue reading

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