Electoral justice key to getting the right leadership

IEBC Chairperson Wafula Chebukati and vice chairperson Juliana Cherera during verification of presidential results at Bpmas of Kenya.

This week, Kenyans have partaken in mental gymnastics of rationalising how we got here once again. 'Here' being a disagreement on the presidential poll results announced by the electoral commission chairman on Monday.

Although this will be the third time, Raila Odinga will be presenting a case of electoral injustice to the Supreme Court, it will be the first time ever, we've had public dissent from commissioners, who went as far as disowning the announced results. There are glaring irregularities that cast doubt on whether the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) undertook their task competently.