Hypocrisy behind CORD’S call for disbandment of IEBC

Monday the 16th of May, 2016, Nairobi experienced a wave of violence as demonstrators who were calling for the overhaul of the country’s poll body clashed with the police. The protests were called by the opposition, Coalition for Reform and Democracy (CORD) to pressurize the government to disband the discredited Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission.

The flip flopping and double speak by the opposition leader; Hon. Raila Odinga cannot go unnoticed or escape a keen eye. Its common knowledge that the body as it is constituted is a direct handiwork of himself and retired president, Mwai Kibaki. After political horse trading and behind the scenes intrigues and maneuvers, they picked the current IEBC commissioners. It’s hypocritical for Raila to turn around and discredit the body whereas he handpicked half of the commissioners.