IEBC not well appraised of huge task ahead of 2017

On Monday, CORD MPs demanded suspension of the mass voter registration set for next month citing the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission’s (IEBC) lack of adequate registration materials. Having submitted a budget for Sh2 billion for the exercise, the government deemed it fit to only provide Sh500 million, a quarter of what had been requested. This is a clear act of deliberate sabotage.

Surely, unless the IEBC had given a grossly bloated budget, how could a quarter of the money it had requested be adequate to carry out the registration? Strangely, the commission itself has not indicated it is unable to register voters.