What we want is a bipartisan- Sifuna vows to disrupt the IEBC panel hand picked by Ruto.
Nairobi senator has vowed to disrupt the IEBC panel if the president only takes initiative to pick them.
He stated that the independent electoral and boundaries commission, should full of officials that Kenyans have trust in, not people who will favor their boss.
He stated,”What we want is a bipartisan effort similar to what we saw in 1997 with the Inter-Party Parliamentary Group (IPPG), so that stakeholders can all be brought to the table to constitute a commission that will have faith in.”
” Without that then we will not accept the process that is going on. At the meeting of that panel, we will bring the people who represent half the people in the country to make their point,” he added.
Sharing the same sentiments,was Senate Minority Leader Stewart Madzayo who stated that there needs to be a balance because all those commissioners pledge their allegiance to Kenya kwanza.
He stated,”We cannot have a referee who will be putting on a jersey of a particular team and purport to whistle as an independent person at the field.”
“It is wrong and totally uncalled for in this country. We cannot go into the election unless everyone is given an opportunity to participate,” he added.
The azimio la umoja allies, further questioned on how, two nominees from the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) were picked, and the opposition was not given a chance to present people from their side.
However, Majority senate leader, Cheruiyot, stated that Azimio was given a chance but they decided to opt out.
He posed,”After they were invited and they chose not to participate, did they expect that the country would stop and wait for them to get their act together?”
“They should have made a decision. This is a constitutional process that has been done as per the dictates of the law,” he added.
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