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Raila Odinga: Why we are holding mass protests against IEBC

CORD leader Raila Odinga (centre) and Mt Elgon MP John Serut (left) listen to former Kanduyi MP Alfred Khang’ati in Kapsokwony town during a fundraiser in aid of SDA Church on Saturday. [PHOTO: TITUS OTEBA/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: Opposition leader Raila Odinga has cited failure by relevant Government institutions to act on grievances against the electoral commission as one of the reasons they resorted to public protests, which resume today.

Raila cited Jubilee’s control of the National Assembly, which dismissed a petition against the polls’ chiefs, and the failure by the anti-corruption agency to charge electoral commissioners over the Chickengate scandal, to justify Opposition protests to kick out Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners.

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