We have four presidential candidates, but this is clearly a two-horse race

Presidential candidates and their running mates. [The Standard Checkpoint]

Wafula Chebukati’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) blew the whistle for the presidential electoral race to start, having weeded out many players. IEBC developed serious credibility issues as it settled on four men and their running mates; three women and one man.

Some of those weeded out, like Mwangi wa Iria of Usawa Party, cried foul and made IEBC look like it was unsure of what it was doing. It embarrassingly approved Walter Mong’are ‘Nyambane’, only to revoke the approval after Jimi Wanjigi pointed out the discrepancy. The courts also faulted IEBC for the way it handled some candidates. There was, therefore, disturbing lack of transparency in IEBC’s decision-making process.