Full implementation of Kriegler report will end poll disputes - PPLC

This, it says, will ensure that one wins or loses with resounding finality

In Summary
  • Addressing the press, Misati noted that with the current impasse on appointment of commissioners, there was a likelihood of past mistakes recurring.

  • The current impasse has the potential of delaying the process or repeating past mistakes," he noted.

Political parties led by chairman Evans Misati during the press conference at the Great Rift Valley Lodge in Naivasha
Political parties led by chairman Evans Misati during the press conference at the Great Rift Valley Lodge in Naivasha
Image: COURTESY/PPLC

Political Parties Liaison Committee (PPLC) is calling for the full implementation of the Kriegler report on election reforms.

This, it says, will help cure never-ending election disputes on results transmission and selection of commissioners to the electoral commission.

"It is worth noting that like many other reports, the Kriegler report continues to gather dust somewhere yet to date there has yet to be any other credible solution for electoral reforms in Kenya," Committee's chairman Evans Misati said, Monday.

"Our elections must deliver finality. Full implementation of the recommendations will ensure that one wins or loses with resounding finality."

Misati noted that with the current impasse on the appointment of commissioners, there was a likelihood of past mistakes recurring.

"Justice Kriegler warned us against the last-minute appointment of commissioners, we are advised to appoint them two years before the election. The current impasse has the potential of delaying the process or repeating past mistakes," he said.

The Parliamentary bipartisan committee created in an agreement between President William Ruto and Azimio leader Raila Odinga suspended its activities in May.

Among the issues that were lined up for deliberation by the bipartisan team was the reconstitution of the IEBC.

"We cannot fight and maim each other out of the current crisis. There will be no Kenya left, we can dialogue and engage out of it," a statement on behalf of the group reads.

To realise this, it has proposed the establishment of a national dialogue and healing process.

The bipartisan engagement, it notes, runs the risk of reducing the process to a political tussle between a small political class yet "other Kenyans have a right to be heard."

Committee's organising Secretary Andrew Njoroge echoed the sentiment saying there was a need for two leaders to climb down for the sake of peace in the country.

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