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Cord leaders should be sincere to their supporters.

On Tuesday afternoon, internet almost crashed when news emerged that CORD leader Raila Odinga and his co-leader Moses Wetangula were at state house. Initially, it was thought that the president had finally agreed to CORDs call for dialogue, but as news continued to trickle in. It emerged that the two leaders were at the state house for a different course all together. And this is what makes me believe that our leaders are not sincere with their supporters.

We have heard numerous calls for the IEBC commissioners to resign and pave way for a new team to take over. The calls have been across board with everyone seemingly having lost confidence in the current commission. Leaders from political divides have all called on the commissioners to resign and the religious leaders have not been left out either. However, majority of these groups have insisted on having a structured dialogue save CORD, which resorted to demonstrations every other Monday in a bid to send the commissioners packing.

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