Signs of a breakthrough over IEBC encouraging

Reports of a breakthrough in the discussions on electoral reforms offered a much-welcome relief to the country. Starting from a point where intransigence in Government and belligerence from the Opposition had threatened to tip the country, the new developments offers great hope.

With the date of the next elections quickly approaching, there are genuine worries that time is running out to reconstitute a new electoral commission, get it ready in time for the August 8, 2017 General Election. After the talks degenerated into a stalemate between the ruling Jubilee coalition and the Opposition CORD, hopes of a quick resolution faded away.