Integrity vetting isn't a lost cause for voters

Voters queue to cast their votes at NSSF grounds in Nairobi during the general elections in 2017. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Not so long ago, I predicted that the integrity vetting of the men and women vying in this year’s polls would come a cropper. It has now come to pass.

Apart from graft and murder suspects lining up for plum offices come August 9, there are Standard Seven and Form Two dropouts with ‘miracle’ degrees firmly in the race for governorship. That they could win is a no-brainer. The Wafula Chebukati-led Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has overtly said - not once - that there’s zero chance it can do to stop ‘tainted’ individuals from contesting.