IEBC should conduct repeat election without conditions, Uhuru tells NASA

President Uhuru Kenyatta addresses a delegation drawn from the Narok County Maa Community at State House, Nairobi on 19th September, 2017

President Uhuru Kenyatta has said IEBC must conduct repeat election within 60 days as directed by the Supreme Court.

The President said no one had a right to impose conditions on IEBC before the repeat election is held and that threats by the opposition coalition NASA amounted to bullying, intimidation and rogue politics.

President Uhuru spoke when he received a delegation from Narok County, at which former gubernatorial candidate Patrick ole Ntutu and 10 MCAs pledged full support for his re-election campaign.

 “The election must be done within 60 days (of the Supreme Court decision) and two, the election must be conducted by IEBC as required by the Constitution,” he said.

 President Kenyatta was accompanied by Deputy President William Ruto and Narok Governor Samuel ole Tunai.

He told the opposition to seek votes from the electorate countrywide instead of focusing on issuing threats.

The President dismissed claims that there would be a vacuum or constitutional crisis if NASA skipped the repeat polls.

Deputy President Ruto trashed the opposition’s demands on the repeat presidential election, saying no one has the authority to interfere with the right of Kenyans to exercise their democratic will.

“The opposition used unconstitutional means to remove Samuel Kivuitu from office, a similar method was used to remove Isack Hassan from office and now they want to use unconstitutional means to remove the IEBC secretariat. This will not be allowed,” said the Deputy President.