Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria has advised Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebukati how to address the issues surrounding the Forms 34A and 34B.
Through a post on social media on Sunday, the Jubilee legislator told Mr Chebukati to stop the predictions of the voter turnout in the repeat election and use the electoral forms to settle any grievances on the matter.
"The right thing to do is to stop all these predictions, receive all 34As and 34Bs, reconcile them, ensure all of them are in the public portal and announce the winner today so that we embark on swearing in a President-Elect and moving on with our lives-and rebellion for others," Moses Kuria wrote.
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He faulted the media for focussing on trivial issues and discrediting the elections while urging the IEBC Chair not to fall into the trap.
"The media and indeed anyone has access to all Form 34As and Form 34Bs from the IEBC public portal. All that one needs to do is to download and tabulate and make their own conclusion. But what is the media doing? It is pushing Chebukati to keep making turnout predictions.
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"And Chebukati, perhaps innocently-others would say naively- new to the evil machinations of The Fourth Estate, is falling into their trap. He easily allows the media to turn himself into the Director General of Meteorological Department while he is still the Chairman of IEBC," he stated.
Moreover, he questioned why the media had not held the opposition to account for the disruption they had caused in the country.
"Meanwhile we are still waiting for the local media to ask NRM and the rebel leader of Samakistan the questions that international media are asking him. Why obstruct an election ordered for by the Supreme Court? Why are you not withdrawing your militia from Samakistan to see if the people from there want to vote or not? Why are you sponsoring violence in Bungoma, Vihiga and Kawangware just to expand the conflict beyond your Samakistan tribal enclave?
"Why have you not visited Samakistan to urge your rebel fighters to remove illegal roadblocks and barricades? You said on CNN that NASA has several wings like Parliamentary Group is the political wing and the NRM is another wing. Do you mean a military wing so that KDF can be allowed to deal with another military?" he posed.
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On Saturday, Mr Chebukati was forced to clarify a controversial tweet he had sent out on Thursday indicating that 6.5 million people voted in the repeat presidential election.
He stated that the tweet considered the forms he had been able to verify at the time, noting that a team at the commission was working to establish the final figures.
He stated: "We were receiving the forms as they were coming in...The team is still working on the exact figures."
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