Calls for referendum ignore that the law can work if implemented

The Punguza Mizigo Initiative has caused some anguish within the political class, adding a strange twist to plans to change the Constitution to suit certain political ends. But unless we the people think carefully and strategically about issues at hand, we will be snookered again and railroaded into something that does not suit the problems facing our country. There are three problematic areas that will come back and haunt us.

First, we are not paying attention to the dysfunctional IEBC supposed to run the referendum. This body has no credibility around its procurement, its staffing and its composition. Yet we somehow expect that it will fairly and efficiently handle a referendum. How quickly we forget!