ODM has repeated its claims that Government agencies are working in cahoots with the country’s electoral agency to secretly register voters in Jubilee-dominated areas.
The party claimed the Interior ministry, the National Registration Bureau and Huduma Centres were involved in the plot meant to give the ruling coalition an undue advantage in the next General Election.
The party now wants international agencies funding the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to come clean on the matter, which it termed “segregationist” and “which bodes ill for Kenya and the 2017 elections”.
“We demand an explanation from IEBC why the three institutions are involved in the registration of persons… we warn that this segregationist pattern will certainly have undesired consequences in the days ahead.
ODM will reserve the right to respond to those consequences to preserve and safeguard democracy and the right of Kenyans of voting age to register as voters and cast their vote in a free and fair poll,” said the party in a statement signed by the chairman, John Mbadi.
“We also demand to know the role and position of the international community, particularly United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which is known to work closely with and to finance IEBC,” read the ODM statement.
However, IEBC dismissed the claims by the Opposition, saying it was working with all electoral players to ensure eligible Kenyans across the country get registered ahead of the 2017 General Election, and termed the allegations as baseless.
