'You Are Delaying IEBC Re-Constitution!' - Mudavadi Tells Petitioners

‘You Are Delaying IEBC Re-Constitution!’ – Mudavadi Tells Petitioners

Musalia Mudavadi, Prime Cabinet Secretary, has asked the petitioners who filed their claims in court to remove them so that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) can be reconstituted.

Mudavadi stated that the matter’s urgency has been continually hampered by court case delays.

“Let us put it in proper perspective. It is not the government of Kenya that is delaying the re-constitution of IEBC,” he said.

“The government of Kenya did not move to court. It is a section of Kenyans who have moved to court and it is their right to do so.”

“We must follow the rule of law and that is what President Ruto is doing. In case there is any delay then why can’t we allow the courts time to sort out this matter?”

He was addressing during an interdenominational prayer service held on the grounds of Cheptais High School in Mt Elgon, Bungoma County, alongside President William Ruto.

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Mudavadi stated that the individuals involved in the court cases are well-known and that he will meet with those who have stalled the reconstitution process when the time is suitable.

Mudavadi expressed regret to residents who now do not have elected representatives due to a lack of an electoral authority to oversee by-elections in their districts.

“We are now telling the petitioners who took the cases on IEBC reconstitution to court, to withdraw them, to allow the President room to exercise his constitutional powers and spearhead the reconstitution process as soon as possible,” he said.

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‘You Are Delaying IEBC Re-Constitution!’ – Mudavadi Tells Petitioners