Wiper alleges plot to rig August polls

Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka. (Photo: Jenipher Wachie/Standard)

CORD co-principal Kalonzo Musyoka's Wiper Party has claimed the August polls will be rigged.

The party said an incident in Wajir where Mr Kalonzo found that he shares the same National Identity Card number with another person was not by coincidence, but an orchestrated scheme to allow those with multiple IDs to vote more than once.

At a Wiper National Executive Council (NEC) meeting Thursday, the party was categorical that they will not accept anything short of a free, fair, credible and transparent election.

"We will not condone any machinations that might lead to election rigging. It was extremely shocking that while in Wajir on Wednesday, our party leader found out that he shared an ID number with a Salome Wanjiru Njoroge who was born in 1993," said Wiper Secretary General Hassan Omar in a statement.

The party also deliberated on the expanded Opposition under the banner of the National Super Alliance (NASA) and agreed to make a stand on the matter in seven days-time.

NASA is being spearheaded by Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi.

Wiper has insisted that despite its call as early as January last year for the removal of the Registrar of Persons who had reached the retirement age, she is still in office.

"The continued stay in office of the officer is a Jubilee strategy to pre-rig the elections by frustrating the registration of identity cards, which would eventually deny people the right to vote," said Mr Omar.

Calling on the unregistered to turn out in large numbers and register as voters, Omar challenged the new Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commissions (IEBC) team to rise to the occasion and give Kenyans a free, fair and credible General Election.

The Mombasa senator said only by registering as voters will Kenyans be able to vote out what he termed as 'the inept, corrupt and tribal Jubilee regime', change the dwindling fortunes of the country and restore hope among the despairing populace.

On drought, Wiper accused the Government of doing very little in terms of instituting mitigation measures to combat the effects of famine.