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By every measure, IEBC Chair Wafula Chebukati is a good and honourable man. He’s qualified for the job. He’s temperate and thoughtful. He doesn’t throw bombs, or speak carelessly. He comports himself with dignity. His demeanor suggests a man who understands the gargantuan weight on his broad shoulders. As a student of history – even if an amateur one – he knows the indignities that dogged his last two predecessors.
The last one – Issack Hassan – was driven out ignominiously. Mr Hassan’s predecessor, the cankerous Samuel Kivuitu, mysteriously swore in a beleaguered “victor” under the cover of darkness. Mr Kivuitu would stagger to his death in infamy. Which begs the question – why would Mr Chebukati tempt fate knowing this cruel history?
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