Election commission’s incompetence won’t save our democracy

An observant alien bystander would call the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) one of three things: hopelessly incompetent, devastatingly devious or painfully naïve. A more discerning onlooker would, however, rule out the second description, because our electoral agency barely looks clever enough to be purposefully deceptive.

This leaves us with two things; the commission is hopelessly incompetent; meaning it has no idea what it is doing, or painfully naïve; meaning it is well-intentioned but politically inept, which opens it up to exploitation. In my view, it is hopelessly incompetent and painfully naïve.