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Senior Kenya election officer resigns over credible run-off election

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October 18, 2017
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Senior Kenya election officer resigns over credible run-off election

Kenya's president, Uhuru Kenyatta (R) and opposition leader, Ralia Odinga. Photo: Crowpondent

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Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta (R) and opposition leader, Ralia Odinga. Photo: Crowpondent

A senior member of Kenya’s electoral commission (IEBC) has resigned, saying the country is unable to hold credible elections next week.
Roselyn Akombe said the IEBC was under political “siege”, unable to reach consensus or take any decisions.
Now in the United States, she told the BBC she had feared for her safety while in Kenya after receiving numerous threats.
Last week, opposition leader Raila Odinga pulled out of the 26 October presidential run-off.
The Supreme Court annulled the result of the original 8 August poll, which saw current President Uhuru Kenyatta declared a winner, after finding irregularities.
In a statement, Ms Akombe said she had “agonised over the decision to leave the IEBC (Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission).
“My decision to leave the IEBC will disappoint some of you, but it is not for lack of trying.
“I have tried the best I could do given the circumstances. Sometimes, you walk away, especially when potentially lives are at stake. The commission has become a party to the current crisis. The commission is under siege.
“The commission in its current state can surely not guarantee a credible election on 26 October 2017.”
And in an interview with the BBC’s Newsday programme, she said: “Would it be a credible election? Absolutely not.
“There is a very high likelihood that the mistakes that some of the presiding officers made during the last election will be repeated.”
Speaking from New York, she said IEBC members had been voting along partisan lines, without discussing different issues on merit.
Commissioners and other IEBC personnel were facing intimidation by political actors and protesters, Ms Akombe said.
She also revealed that she herself had received a number of anonymous threats, and had been put under pressure to resign.
“I have never felt the kind of fear that I felt in my own country.”
She said she did not “feel safe enough to be able to go home” in the foreseeable future.
The IEBC has so far made no public comments on the issue.

 

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