Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has condemned the country’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission and called for a probe after Kenya’s Supreme Court annulled the result of August’s presidential election.
“We have no faith at all in the electoral commission, they have committed criminal acts. Most of them actually belong to jail and therefore we are going to ask for their prosecution,” Mr. Odinga said.
The Kenya Supreme Court judgment on Friday morning said that the election was marred by irregularities and was not according to the Constitution and ordered the electoral commission to organise a fresh poll in 60 days.
The historic annulment comes after Mr. Odinga filed a petition claiming the electronic voting results were hacked into and rigged in favour of President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Speaking after the Supreme Court judgment on Friday, Mr. Odinga said he also had questions concerning will who will oversee the next election.
“There are more fundamental decisions to made in the days ahead, including who will conduct the next elections… It is now clear that the entire IEBC [electoral commission] is rotten,” he said.
He added that it was “clear that the real election results were never shared with Kenyans. Someone must take responsibility,” as he demanded criminal prosecutions and an inquiry.
Mr. Odinga also said the Supreme Court verdict “puts on trial” the international observers, which included former President John Mahama, who led a 15-member team from Commonwealth nations to observe the general elections. who “moved so fast to
Mr. Odinga accused the international observers of moving “so fast to sanitise fraud,” and stressed that “their role must be re-examined as it is highly politicised.”
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By: citifmonline.com with files from the BBC