Mudavadi accuse politicians of frustrating rebuilding of IEBC

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has said there is a need to reconstitution of the Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

He said that the government is ready to reconstitute the commission and accused some politicians of frustrating the process using court cases.

He said that those who have filed court cases against the process are driven by malice to the country.

Mudavadi said that there had been a multi-sectoral and political agreement on the rebuilding of the electoral agency, and any attempts to halt the process using courts were misguided.

Mudavadi was speaking during the launch of the Information and Communication Technologies Digital Hub and Digital Economy Conference at Kakamega County Polytechnic on Monday.

He said that President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga agreed on rebuilding the commission, but some politicians were keen to scuttle the process for selfish reasons.

He said that the government was  law-biding and cannot proceed with the process until the court case is confided.

“We will wait for the court to conclude the cases, but the question is whom those who continue to go to court are serving,” he said. 

He said that those frustrating the process had gone to courts through proxies and urged them to drop their cases to allow the country to move forward.

"Majority of the leaders and Kenyans are keen on a new commission led by President Ruto, and Raila has agreed, but there are a few leaders who are hell-bent on seeing the country without the election body; their move is driven by malice," said Mudavadi.

He said that there is a need for the country to begin reviewing boundaries ahead of the next elections, apart from pending elections. 

"We have already finished two years, and there is another two before the electorates make the final decision; there is no leader who should waste time on unnecessary bickering and empty politics," said Mudavadi.

He said that the Kenya Kwanza government was on the right track, trying to improve the livelihood of Kenya and the country's economy.