With a week to go, so many questions left unanswered

With the printing of ballot boxes containing names of NASA candidates Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka, it is probable that barring anything else, the election will go on as planned on October 26. But as one Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) official wondered last week; do the circumstances surrounding the exercise guarantee a free and fair exercise? That is highly doubtful.

First, the repeat election is still fraught with many challenges, starting with the many cases in court whose outcome will have a huge bearing on the process. There are many questions left unanswered.