Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has slammed the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for short-changing the country during the August 9, General Election.
Speaking on August 21, at a church service in Donholm, Nairobi, Kalonzo argued that all the elected leaders ought not be sworn-in with pending polls in a number of places across the country.
“Elections law state that election in Mombasa, Kakamega and Kitui rural can be postponed if their is a general emergency in the country, it was never envisaged that intimidation can stop an election. If you look at it that way even the swearing-in of Babu Owino as the MP-elect for Embakasi East cannot happen,"
The Wiper Party leader also maintained that the General election is not over, saying that the matter is arguable and he is ready to pursue it.
“As far as I am concerned, the lawyer that is in me tells me and even the Senior Counsel that this General election is not over, what is happening in Kakamega, Mombasa, and the four constituencies in West Pokot and Kitui Counties has never happened before in Kenya, " Kalonzo noted
Musyoka maintained that the matter can be canvassed in the Supreme Court because intimidation cannot stop a general election.
"The constitution never anticipated that there would be a by-election in a general election process,” Kalonzo Stated
Following a pre-election pact between Azimio leader Raila Odinga and the former Vice President, Kalonzo was to be a Chief Cabinet Secretary in the event of a win.
The IEBC however declared William Ruto as President-elect, with Odinga and his camp rejecting the results as a sham and vowed to move to the Supreme Court.
“In our view, there is neither a legally and validly declared winner nor a president-elect, what we saw was a traversing and blatant disregard of the law of Kenya,” Odinga Stated
In addition, Chebukati indefinitely suspended gubernatorial elections in Kakamega and Mombasa, with Azimio leaders crying foul over the decision.
After candidates in the two counties protested and moved to court, IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati summoned the parties involved for talks on Monday, August 22.
Kalonzo has stood with Raila in three presidential elections, even though the former Prime Minister came second in both cases.
