French Embassy cancels meeting with civil society

Senator Mosses Wetang'ula and his Kakamega counterpart Boni Khalwale during burial service of the late Gaeb Khalwale, the elder brother to Bonny Khalwale, on May 26th, 2016 at Malinya village in Ikolomani Kakamega County. Wetang'ula said the current IEBC as constituted cannot hold transparent elections as Khalwale blamed the government for his recent arrest during anti-IEBC demonstrations last monday in Kakamega. [Photo:CHRISPEN SECHERE/Standard].

The French government was yesterday caught up in Kenya's local politics after it threw out the civil society from its premises.

Reason? The ruling Jubilee coalition was not represented in the meeting to explore options about the future of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.