Former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Philip Murgor has sent a statement to media houses outlining the reasons why he decided to quit the presidential race on Monday.
He claimed that a skewed process, negative tribalism and lack of security are the top reasons behind his move to quit the race.
Murgor accused the Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinett of deliberately denying his request for police protection by allegedly citing that it was not within police policy to provide police bodyguards to presidential aspirants.
"It is clear that the refusal to provide me with security was deliberately calculated to ensure that, for security reasons, I would not be able to engage in any political activity at all," he lamented.
He emphasised that denying him police protection amounted to discrimination and he questioned the IG's non-partisanship observing that other presidential aspirants were guarded by armed police bodyguards during their campaigns.
"Why have I been denied security? What is unique about my case? Whose interest is the IG serving?" Murgor questioned.
The accomplished lawyer also claims that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has lost control of the election process by not enforcing the official campaign commencement date of June 27, 2017.
The lawyer accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of having campaigned unlawfully for the past year. He wrote to the IEBC seeking to stop the President and claimed that IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati refused to act on his request.
"When I requested the IEBC to order a stop to the unlawful campaigns, the lame response from the Chairman was that IEBC had no capacity to enforce the regulation on campaign timelines," Murgor's statement read in part.
Murgor concluded his statement with an assurance to Kenyans that he would keep his options open for the presidential elections in 2022.
