Tues 9th August 2022, Election Day
Politicians trying to influence IEBC and courtsIn a speech he gave in February 2019 during the launch of the post-election evaluation report on the 2017 polls, Dr Willy Mutunga, who was the Chief Justice between 2011 and 2016, pointed out the folly of the political class seeking to control
There is no doubt that for a truly independent electoral commission to emerge, the political class needs to drop its practice of capturing and enslaving the commission, completely rendering it incapable of discharging its mandateWe cannot create independent institutions then deny them that independence through bullying by the political class
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